For ’tis a low, newspaper, humdrum, lawsuit
Country, where a young couple of the same ages
Can’t form a friendship, but the world o’erawes it.
Then there’s the vulgar trick of those d⸺d damages!
A verdict—grievous foe to those who cause it!—
Forms a sad climax to romantic homages;
Besides those soothing speeches of the pleaders,
And evidences which regale all readers.