By statutes govern'd and with rules oppress'd.

When all these forms and duties die away,

And the day passes like the former day,

Then, of exterior things at once bereft,

He's to himself and one attendant left;

Nay, John too goes; nor aught of service more

Remains for him; he gladly quits the door,

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And, as he whistles to the college-gate,

He kindly pities his poor master's fate.