I’ve been oblig’d to leave my watch
To pay——, so do be swift.” (etc.)
* * * * *
’Twas done: his wife took pen in hand
And sent a “P.O.O.,”
To pay, she said, at “Saint-le-Grand,”
Five pounds in gold to Joe.
* * * * *
The Captain not a friend could see
To help him in this need,