"I hold every man a debtor to his profession."

"DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver."

":As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet"

":Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet,"

":Pressing his nose against the glass that holds him,"

":Nor ever sees the prison that enfolds him;"

":So the poor debtor, seeing naught around him,"

":Yet feels the narrow limits that impound him,"

":Grieves at his debt and studies to evade it,"

"Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid, Force many a shining youth into the shade, Not to redeem his time, but his estat…"