Than fly to others that we know not of!
Thus insolvency makes cowards of us all,
And thus the anxious heart of him who struggles on
Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought;
And shaky merchants of great name and business
With this regard some sly “arrangements” make
And lose the name of debtor.
Q. E. D.
This amusing Parody appeared in The Walsall Observer. January, 1881. It was written by Mr. F. J. Overton, of Walsall.
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