Classic Poem

A LAS ! that Brooks, returned to dust
Should pay at length the debt that we,
Averse to parchment, mortgage, trust,
Shall pay, when forced, as well as he.

And die so poor, too! He whose trade
Such profits cleared by draught and deed,
Though pigeons called him murmuring Brooks
And dipped their bills in him at need.

At length his last conveyance see,
Each witness mournful as a brother,
To think that this world's mortgagee
Must suffer judgment in another!

Where no appeals to court can rest,
Reversing a Supreme decree,
But each decision stands expressed
A final precedent in re .