In the tableau of the last act, with the blood upon his brow.’
And thus he goes on, following his ‘occupation’ in one sense, and gradually sinking lower and lower; until at length:
‘Alas! poor rat!
He has no cravat;
A seedy coat, and a hole in that!
No sole to his shoe, no brim to his hat;
Not a change of linen, except his skin:
No gloves, no vest,
Either second or best;
And what is worse than all the rest,