Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
FURNITURE OF A COURTIER's UPPER STORY. |
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FURNITURE OF A COURTIER's UPPER STORY.
Imprimis, Impudence, four stone,Pride, two, and twenty ton, alone;
Submission, some six thousand barrels,
Five quarters, of state-feuds, and quarrels;
Ten pound of wit, one grain of sense,
Three capers, and as many pence;
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Debts, quite innumerable, due.
Fears, doubts, and small mistakes, by dozens,
Ounces of hope, to country cousins;
Promises, which each morning doubles,
And last, not least—a peck of troubles.
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