I’m an exile clerical,
Born to toil and troubles,
And while I am,
Poverty redoubles.
In a literary line
I should wish to travel
If a lack of wordly goods
Didn’t always cavil.
By that cloak—too thin at best—
I am scarce defended;
I’m an exile clerical,
Born to toil and troubles,
And while I am,
Poverty redoubles.
In a literary line
I should wish to travel
If a lack of wordly goods
Didn’t always cavil.
By that cloak—too thin at best—
I am scarce defended;