Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Poverty
Over the hill to the poor-house—I can’t quite make it clear!
Over the hill to the poor-house—it seems so horrid queer!
Many a step I’ve taken a-toilin’ to and fro,
But this is a sort of journey I never thought to go.
Will Carleton.—Over the Hill to the Poor-House.