Prison thoughts Elegy written in the King's bench: In Imitation of Gray. Lines written on the back of a "horse" and All the World's at Law. By a Collegian [i.e. W. T. Thomas] |
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The Warrant.
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The Warrant.
Here rests his head, in seventeen in one,
A Youth to Fortune and to Fame well known,
But Tradesmen trusted and began to dun,
And Mister Sheriff mark'd him for his own.
A Youth to Fortune and to Fame well known,
But Tradesmen trusted and began to dun,
And Mister Sheriff mark'd him for his own.
Great were his spendings, he nought put on shelf,
To send a recompense Law did not fail:
He gave his Cred'tors, all he had—himself,
He gain'd from them, (all he abhorred) a Gaol!
To send a recompense Law did not fail:
He gave his Cred'tors, all he had—himself,
He gain'd from them, (all he abhorred) a Gaol!
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No further seek his doings to disclose,
Or draw his follies from this dull abode,
(Here he'll at all events three months repose)
Th' Insolvent Act may open then a road.
Or draw his follies from this dull abode,
(Here he'll at all events three months repose)
Th' Insolvent Act may open then a road.
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