| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Thou Canst Not Boast | | By Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) |
| | | THOU canst not boast of Fortune’s store, | |
| My love, while me they wealthy call: | |
| But I was glad to find thee poor, | |
| For with my heart I’d give thee all, | |
| And then the grateful youth shall own, | 5 |
| I loved him for himself alone. | |
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| But when his worth my hand shall gain, | |
| No word or look of mine shall show | |
| That I the smallest thought retain | |
| Of what my bounty did bestow: | 10 |
| Yet still his grateful heart shall own, | |
| I loved him for himself alone. | | | | |
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