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XXII. THE OUTS.
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When Eldon can a judgment pass
In less than half an age,
When Westmoreland eschews a lass,
And Melville patronage,
When Peel forsakes his bigotry
And gives free thought the rein,
When Bathurst rears a colony—
They may come back again.
In less than half an age,
When Westmoreland eschews a lass,
And Melville patronage,
When Peel forsakes his bigotry
And gives free thought the rein,
When Bathurst rears a colony—
They may come back again.
When Bexley ceases to be saint,
And Wetherell to prose,
When Manners, free of Orange taint,
Shakes hands with Popish foes,
When Lethbridge, dropping thoughts of pelf,
In patriotic vein,
Can England substitute for self,
They may come back again.
And Wetherell to prose,
When Manners, free of Orange taint,
Shakes hands with Popish foes,
When Lethbridge, dropping thoughts of pelf,
In patriotic vein,
Can England substitute for self,
They may come back again.
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When Londonderry, matchless peer,
His pension-hope outlives,
When Newcastle the cause shall hear
Before he verdict gives,
When Ellenborough's sage replies
Shall rival Canning's strain,
And beardless Castlereagh grow wise,
They may come back again.
His pension-hope outlives,
When Newcastle the cause shall hear
Before he verdict gives,
When Ellenborough's sage replies
Shall rival Canning's strain,
And beardless Castlereagh grow wise,
They may come back again.
When Cobbett, guiltless of hard names,
Pays debts with effort stoic,
And when the Post Fitzgerald shames
In spouting mock heroic;
When Southey, fixed at last in creed,
Shall other change disdain,
When Lees from Romish fears is freed,
They may come back again.
Pays debts with effort stoic,
And when the Post Fitzgerald shames
In spouting mock heroic;
When Southey, fixed at last in creed,
Shall other change disdain,
When Lees from Romish fears is freed,
They may come back again.
When honest men in lawyers thrive,
And Law knows no delay;
When Tory institutes outlive
The Chart of Liberty;
When Britons, pining for his rule,
Import a King from Spain—
The worthy head for such a school,
They may come back again.
And Law knows no delay;
When Tory institutes outlive
The Chart of Liberty;
When Britons, pining for his rule,
Import a King from Spain—
The worthy head for such a school,
They may come back again.
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