18 SEPTEMBER 1993, Page 62

No. 1799: Carry on

In Etherege's play, The Man of Mode, a character sings, 'It is not that I love you less/Than when before your feet I lay', and then stops. You are invited to continue, in Restoration or any other style, for fourteen (maximum) further lines. Entries to 'Com- petition No. 1799' by 30 September.