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The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott

Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes
Elliott, Ebenezer (1781-1849)

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VOL. I.
  
ON THE STATUE OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT BY NEVILLE BURNARD, ORDERED BY THE WORKING MEN OF SHEFFIELD. By Walter Savage Landor.
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JUVENILE POEMS.
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VOL. II.

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EPIGRAM.

[What is a communist? One who hath yearnings]

What is a communist? One who hath yearnings
For equal division of unequal earnings:
Idler, or bungler, or both, he is willing
To fork out his penny, and pocket your shilling.
 

And he has two names, Legion and Danger.

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