So sad, so sure, the Bills that are to bore.

Ah, sad (not strange) as on dreary winter morns.

The surliest knock of half-impatient dun

To drowsy ears, ere, watched by drowsy eyes,

The tailor slowly goes across the square;

So sad, so very sad, the bills that are in store.

Drear as repeated hisses at your Play.

And drear as dreams by indigestion caused

To those that take hot suppers; dull as law,

Dull as dry law, and lost without regret;