To Lord Thurlow by Lord Byron — Read

‘I lay my branch of laurel down. / Then thus to form / Apollo's crown. Let every other bring his own. '~ / Lord Thurlow's lines to Mr. Rogers

‘I lay my branch of laurel down. ' / Thou ‘lay thy branch of laurel down! ' / Why, what thou'st stole is not enow; / And, were it lawfully thine own, / Does Rogers want it most, or thou? / Keep to thyself thy wither'd bough, / Or send it back to Doctor Donne: / Were justice done to both, I trow, / He'd have but little, and thou - none.