A BROKEN stool, two legs demolish'd,
A board, by constant friction polish'd;
A bottle-neck, for ink or candle;
A batter'd jug, without a handle;
A dozen pens, the worse for scribbling;
A trap to keep the mice from nibbling;
A box for coals, the bottom out;
A teapot, lacking top and spout;
A tott'ring chair, the back long missing;
A screen, which wants a woundy pieceing;
A bed, without a sheet, or blanket;
A pint of beer, if no one drank it;
A Fielding's works, volume the second;
And thus the whole estate is reckon'd.