Classic Poem

Dear Sir, Though many checks prevent
More tours in Isle or Continent,
(Checks once I minded not a pin, —
Advancing years, or want of tin, — )
Yet of all checks the best is found,
A Cheque for Five and Thirty Pound.

So for such cheque upon your Bank, you
Sent me just now, I beg to thank you ;
(Besides your letter — and for this 'tis in
eg¤ë prosf╬Àrw e¤àxar╬╣sthsiu . —
And so I sign me — your sincere
Obliged admirer, Edward Lear .

(As for the Picture, that will quick and soon
Be sent to Messrs Foord and Dickenson .)