The poems of George Huddesford ... now first collected. Including Salmagundi, Topsy-Turvy, Bubble and Squeak, and Crambe Repetita. With corrections, and original additions |
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THE SYSTEM SHATTERED.
Strenua Nos exercet Inertia.
Hor.
Hor.
See clamorous Ch****s—who tooth and nail
Administration fought—turn tail,
And sullen from the House secede
Where none his trite invective heed!
“Inaction I'll indulge,” he cries;
“The mob have too much sense to rise:
“And, in this dearth of knaves and fools,
“I cannot work without my tools:
“Nay what 'though of our club the chair I
“Adorn, as grand Whig-Luminary,
“Dispensing patriotic sunshine,
“While we exhaust the brandy puncheon;
“Yet, says the history divine,
“‘The Sun stood still;’—Then so shall mine:
“And—till its warmth Sedition's egg
“Has hatch'd—I will not stir a peg:
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“Maintain my system of inaction,
“And to all effort give remission,
“Torpedo of the Opposition.”
He ended—When his chère amie
Bet A*******—sitting on his knee—
Anxious the rash resolve to check,
Threw her white arms about his neck:
“Alas, this system of inaction
“Dear Ch****s, has in thy skull a crack shewn!”—
“Zounds,” cried the patriot—while she kiss'd him—
“You baggage—you've destroy'd my system!”
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