'MID poverty oft Fred'rick sighed and wept;

A toothless hag—his only servant kept;

His kitchen cold; (where commonly he dwelled;)

A pretty decent horse his stable held;

A falcon too; and round about the grange,

Our quondam 'squire repeatedly would range,

Where oft, to melancholy, he was led,

To sacrifice the game which near him fed;

By Clytia's cruelty the gun was seized,

And feathered victims black chagrin appeased.