Are, killing sorrow and starvation!

Pleasant visions—but, alas

How those pleasant visions pass!

If you care for what I say,

You're an April fool to-day.

Last, to myself, when night comes round me,

And the soft chain of thought has bound me,

I whisper, "Sir, your eyes are killing—

You owe no mortal man a shilling—

You never cringe for star or garter,