This little trifle, in which a French levity is wedded to the language of Prior, was first printed in _The Bee_, for Saturday, the 13th of October, 1759. Its original, which is as follows, is to be found where Goldsmith found it, namely in Part iii of the _Ménagiana_, (ed. 1729, iii, 397), and not far from the ditty of _le fameux la Galisse_. (See _An Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize_, _ infra_, p. 198):— ETRENE A IRIS. Pour témoigner de ma flame, Iris, du meilleur de mon ame Je vous donne à ce nouvel an Non pas dentelle ni ruban, Non pas essence, ni pommade, Quelques boites de marmelade, Un manchon, des gans, un bouquet, Non pas heures, ni chapelet. Quoi donc? Attendez, je vous donne O fille plus belle que bonne ... Je vous donne: Ah! le puis-je dire? Oui, c’est trop souffrir le martyre, Il est tems de s’émanciper, Patience va m’échaper, Fussiez-vous cent fois plus aimable, Belle Iris, je vous donne ... au Diable. In Bolton Corney’s edition of Goldsmith’s _ Poetical Works_, 1845, p. 77, note, these lines are attributed to Bernard de la Monnoye (1641–1728), who is said to have included them in a collection of _Étrennes en vers_, published in 1715. I’ll give thee. See an anecdote _à propos_ of this anticlimax in Trevelyan’s _Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay_, ed. 1889, p. 600:—‘There was much laughing about Mrs. Beecher Stowe [then (16th March, 1853) expected in England], and what we were to give her. I referred the ladies to Goldsmith’s poems for what I should give. Nobody but Hannah understood me; but some of them have since been thumbing Goldsmith to make out the riddle.’ THE LOGICIANS REFUTED. These lines, which have often, and even of late years, been included among Swift’s works, were first printed as Goldsmith’s by T. Evans at vol. i. pp. 115–17 of _The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B._, 1780. They originally appeared in _The Busy Body_ for Thursday, October the 18th, 1759 (No. v), having this notification above the title: ‘The following Poem written by DR. SWIFT, is communicated to the Public by the BUSY BODY, to whom it was presented by a Nobleman of distinguished Learning and Taste.’ In No. ii they had already been advertised as forthcoming. The sub-title, ‘In imitation of Dean Swift,’ seems to have been added by Evans. The text here followed is that of the first issue.