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The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare

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EPIGRAM CCXL.

[Our grumbling politicians cry]

SUAVITER UT NUNC EST.

Our grumbling politicians cry,
Old England's basis stands awry;—
Mend this, they say; mend that; mend t'other!
Spare, spare, good people, your concern;
Let this old England serve your turn;—
Till you can show us such another!