Poems on Affairs of State | ||
England's Court-Strumpets.
Since
Cleveland is fled till she's brought to Bed,
And Nelly is quite forgotten,
And Mazarine is as old as the Queen,
And Portsmouth the young Whore is rotten.
And Nelly is quite forgotten,
And Mazarine is as old as the Queen,
And Portsmouth the young Whore is rotten.
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Since Women at Helm, have ruin'd the Realm,
And Statesmen have lost their Anchors,
The Lords and the Commons know what will come on us,
But the Kingdom must break like the Bankers.
And Statesmen have lost their Anchors,
The Lords and the Commons know what will come on us,
But the Kingdom must break like the Bankers.
Since Ravenhouse is come let's send them all home,
But still let's secure the Millions:
'Twill serve for a Farce to clap a French Arse,
Or serve the next new-come Italian.
But still let's secure the Millions:
'Twill serve for a Farce to clap a French Arse,
Or serve the next new-come Italian.
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