The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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Of schemes so comprehensive, who had heard?
Some bought a whole, and some a modest third:
At once their avaricious eyes admire
And Cent. per Cent. fans all their hearts on fire!—
But, sad surprise!—kind Peter paws the shares,
Each sawney hoots, and damns, and puffs, and swears;
Then, like a sluice the “Company” disembogues,
And proves the genuine stock—a stock of rogues!—
Still better far to leave a name behind,
And stand conspicuous for a villain's mind,
Than die forgot, without an after fame
To win a bright eternity of shame!—
Then let immortal W---s exult to be,
The rogue's watch-word to all eternity!
Some bought a whole, and some a modest third:
At once their avaricious eyes admire
And Cent. per Cent. fans all their hearts on fire!—
But, sad surprise!—kind Peter paws the shares,
Each sawney hoots, and damns, and puffs, and swears;
Then, like a sluice the “Company” disembogues,
And proves the genuine stock—a stock of rogues!—
Still better far to leave a name behind,
And stand conspicuous for a villain's mind,
Than die forgot, without an after fame
To win a bright eternity of shame!—
Then let immortal W---s exult to be,
The rogue's watch-word to all eternity!
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