He who is short of tin, with rent to pay,
'S a great deal shorter than the shortest day;
Rent is heart-rending, when it's over due,
Four quarters, and no quarter but to sue:
You strain your nerves for cash, with great and small,
Only to be distrained on after all;
And meet, when in the worst of mortal messes,
A fresh distress to crown your old distresses!
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