The Age Reviewed A Satire: In two parts: Second edition, revised and corrected [by Robert Montgomery] |
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The “Patriot” dwindles to our cheapest word,—
A man now seldom seen, though always heard;
One “Patriot” turns a radical obscene,
And makes the name an engine of his spleen;
The base haranguer of a baser gang,—
Or flippant master of indecent slang;
Another “Patriot” bubbles up to perch
Upon the pinnacle of State and Church,
And bribing courtiers for each vacant hole,
Gulps down what dregs the minister may dole;
The last mean “Patriot” tunes apostate ding
In pseudo verse, to canonize a king!
A man now seldom seen, though always heard;
One “Patriot” turns a radical obscene,
And makes the name an engine of his spleen;
The base haranguer of a baser gang,—
Or flippant master of indecent slang;
Another “Patriot” bubbles up to perch
Upon the pinnacle of State and Church,
And bribing courtiers for each vacant hole,
Gulps down what dregs the minister may dole;
The last mean “Patriot” tunes apostate ding
In pseudo verse, to canonize a king!
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