Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/The Distinction

The Distinction.

At a public school, by chance there were two ladsOf the same name, but boasting different dads.One's father kept a tavern, famed for cheer,The other's was 'ycleped an auctioneer:Mistakes to end, their schoolfellows so knowing,Called the one, quaintly, coming, t'other going.