CVIII.

When people say, "I've told you _fifty_ times," They mean to scold, and very often do; When poets say, "I've written _fifty_ rhymes," They make you dread that they 'll recite them too; In gangs of _fifty_, thieves commit their crimes; At _fifty_ love for love is rare, 't is true, But then, no doubt, it equally as true is, A good deal may be bought for _fifty_ Louis.