"A Goose"
(included in Gentlemen's Valentines, 1809)
Has Fortune been to you unkind?
An added Proof the Dame is blind!
And since tonight she made you choose
That awkward Bird, a cackling Goose,
Believe me, Sir, your safest Plan
Will be to think your Goose a Swan:
If wisely you this Scheme pursue
You’ll make the World believe it too