CANTO V.
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Call'd Chicanry, in learned Modern style,
Bulky with Ruin, and o'ergrown with Spoil.
While the wrong'd Widow want of Justice mourns,
And the vex'd Air each empty groan returns;
Pale Want and Famine, like some injur'd Ghost,
Stalk o'er the Ground, and weep their Treasures lost.
Infamous Poverty, Devouring Care,
And Everlasting Toil, and lean Despair,
And black Chagrin, Compleat the Mournful Part;
The wretched Off-spring of her Cursed Art!
Case-Books and Codes the Busy[errata 1] Hag Consume,
And Dies her self to dig another's Tomb;
At every Meal, the hungry Fury Eats
Fair Palaces, strong Castles, Country Seats.
The bubbl'd Suitors at their Fate repine;
Gull'd with Superfluous Reams for Solid Coin.
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