And incidental expenses every day—
Send me the ducats without delay.
You can hardly perceive the enormous expenses
The college imposes on all pretenses,
For text-books and lectures so much to pay—
I wish the ducats were on their way!
I devote to my studies unremitting attention—
One thing I must not forget to mention:
The thirty ducats, pray send them straight
For my purse is in a beggarly state.