Seek not his future projects to reveal,
Nor draw conclusions to prejudge the fact;
In anxious dread (which most of you must feel),
He waits the benefit of the Insolvent Act.
From Pierce Egan’s Book of Sports. 1832.
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Dry Goods: An Elegy.
A Manchester Parody.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The trading herd wind slowly to their tea,