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 TEMPORA MUTANTUR.

ETTERS, letters, letters, letters, &emsp;Some that please and some that bore, Some that threaten prison fetters (Metaphorically, fetters, Such as bind insolvent debtors)—
 * Invitations by the score.

One from, , and ,
 * My attorneys, off the Strand,

One from, my tailor— My unreasonable tailor—
 * One in 's disgusting hand.

One from and ,
 * Wanting coin without a doubt,

I should like to pull their noses— Their uncompromising noses; One from with the roses,
 * Ah, I know what that's about!