CHAPTER 11.

PETER AND PAUL.

"As I was saying," the Other Professor resumed, "if you'll just think over any Poem, that contains the words—such as

 

   'Peter is poor,' said noble Paul,

   'And I have always been his friend:

    And, though my means to give are small,

    At least I can afford to lend.

    How few, in this cold age of greed,

    Do good, except on selfish grounds!

    But I can feel for Peter's need,

    And I WILL LEND HIM FIFTY POUNDS!'

    How great was Peter's joy to find

    His friend in such a genial vein!

    How cheerfully the bond he signed,

    To pay the money back again!

    'We ca'n't,' said Paul, 'be too precise:

    'Tis best to fix the very day:

    So, by a learned friend's advice,

    I've made it Noon, the Fourth of May.