The Workhouse

The Workhouse Keeper as old Thriftys man 
Transacts the business on the tyrants plan 
Supplys its tennants with their scanty food 
& tortures misery for a livlihood 
Despised & hated by the slaves he wrongs 
& een too low for satires scourging songs 
So may they yet sink down more viler things 
& starve as subjects were they reign as kings

Or when on earth their dirty triumph ends 
May hells obscurity reward its frends

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Image: A typical Workhouse scene at a mealtime.  Segregated of course.