“Yield thee, Duke Smithson, and behold
The assessment thou must pay;
Dogs, horses, houses, coaches, clocks,
And servants in array.”
“Nay,” quoth the Duke, “in thy black scroll,
Deductions I espye,
For those who, poor, and mean, and low,
With children burthen’d lie.
And though full sixty thousand pounds
My vassals pay to me,