Brass Nails of the Coffin, and the Ribbands of the Bride.
At Bed or At Board, Couchant or Levant,
WE MUST PAY.
The School Boy whips his Taxed Top;
The Beardless Youth manages his Taxed Horse with a Taxed
Bridle on a Taxed Road; and the dying Englishman,
pouring his Medicine which has paid 7 Per Cent,
into a Spoon which has paid 30 Per Cent,
throws himself back upon his
Chintz Bed which has paid 22 Per Cent,