Now poverty, distress, disgrace,

Stare ghastly in the victim's face:

The heartless shrug, the cut direct,

And bitter scorn and cold neglect?—

Those glittering hopes so fondly cherished,

In one ill-omen'd night have perish'd.

And Fate, in midnight's deepest gloom,

Have veil'd our wretched Hero's doom—

While Suicide is hovering near,

To put her seal on Pug's career.—