What you have bought before.
Perchance you 're dozing by the fire;
A wretch drags in a book,
To come in parts, and twice a month,
And begs you 'll take a look;
You see he is too big to kick,
And so you bite the hook.
You 're smoking your last cigarette;
A classmate "just drops in,"
And makes some foul old joke about
Relieving you of tin;
Then takes out his subscription book
To bleed you, with a grin.
No! pay the Poco if he'll take
Your last old coat away;
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