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THE CASE stated.
Sure there never was known
Such a Tribe about Town,
Of Poets and Beggars and Priests;
They flock so about,
One can hardly stir out,
Without meeting a dozen at least.
Such a Tribe about Town,
Of Poets and Beggars and Priests;
They flock so about,
One can hardly stir out,
Without meeting a dozen at least.
Should a Stranger come near Us,
To be sure he would sneer Us,
To see such a Tribe up and down,
As worthy men All,
As Those of their Call,
Either Men of the Quill or the Gown.
To be sure he would sneer Us,
To see such a Tribe up and down,
As worthy men All,
As Those of their Call,
Either Men of the Quill or the Gown.
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But we need not long doubt,
Why they strole so about,
The Reason, I take to be This,
The Cash of our Nation's
So little in Fashion,
That it can't but be so as it is.
Why they strole so about,
The Reason, I take to be This,
The Cash of our Nation's
So little in Fashion,
That it can't but be so as it is.
Then, Good Sr. Directors!
For God's sake protect Us;
Let the Money but come into Fashion,
Then the Poets and Priests,
And those Beggarly Beasts,
Shall never more trouble the Nation.
For God's sake protect Us;
Let the Money but come into Fashion,
Then the Poets and Priests,
And those Beggarly Beasts,
Shall never more trouble the Nation.
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