The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop ... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare |
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EPIGRAM XXVIII.
[John Bull, whene'er the magot bites]
QUÆRE PEREGRINUM.
John Bull, whene'er the magot bites,
Cropsick with ease and quiet,
Raves about wrongs, roars about rights;
All rumpus, rage, and riot.
Cropsick with ease and quiet,
Raves about wrongs, roars about rights;
All rumpus, rage, and riot.
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But if a foreign foe intrudes,
John tells a different story;
Away with fears! away with feuds!
All's Union, Triumph, Glory!
John tells a different story;
Away with fears! away with feuds!
All's Union, Triumph, Glory!
He scorns Dons, Dutchmen, and Mounseers,
And spite of their alliance,
With half the world about his ears,
Bids t'other half Defiance!
And spite of their alliance,
With half the world about his ears,
Bids t'other half Defiance!
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