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The press, or literary chit-chat

A Satire [by J. H. Reynolds]
Reynolds, John Hamilton (1794-1852)

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THE PRESS.
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PART II.
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BAS-BLEUSIA.
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VI.

The time I choose to lay my history
Is at th' enactment of a mystery,
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To which Bas-Bleusians in procession
March at the ending of each session,
Much as our members join the Lords
To feast their ears on royal words;
Only my senate were far grander,
And, (like geese led by ancient gander,)

It is a fact well known to ornithologists that a flock of geese always march with their most experienced gander at their head, and that wild-geese fly in the same order.


Went in due order, trumpets blowing
And pennons in the breezes flowing,
Not as the British House of Commons
Run helter-skelter at the summons.
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