A Sequel to Don Juan — page 114: what you’re looking at

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DON JUAN. — 105 XC, There was a politician, who had found A way the public debt to liquidate ; And though his system was so very sound That it would pay off millions for the state, He sometimes could not muster up a pound To meét his weekly bill ;—and thus his fate Was that he gained no credit for his system, Because when payment-days came round he miss’d ’em. XCI. There was a German Count, who—strange to say— Was born in Ireland, and possessed a brogue Strong enough to expose him any day, Save where deceptions seemed to be in vogue : His blustering manner and his skill at play Proclaimed the bully and confirmed the rogue :— His name in Connaught had been Paddy Dawson, His present title was Count Humbughausen. XCII. These individuals herded all together— A loathsome intimacy, where each one Lived in mistrust of all. A common tether— Poverty—linked them thus. The morning sun Saw the gregarious crowd follow their wether Unto the breakfast-table, where upon A dirty cloth alternately were spread Small pats of butter, and huge heaps of bread. CODnnicloOokxs. conn