Did he thence depart—you will soon agree,
If I hitch into verse the thing.
For, once on a time, this house belonged
To a lawyer of note, with law and to spare,
But also with overmuch lust of gain:
In the matter of law you were nowise wronged,
But alas for the lucre! He picked you bare
To the bone. Did folk complain?
"I exact," growled he, "work's rightful due:
'T is folk seek me, not I seek them.