The School of Politicks or, the humours of a coffee-house: a poem. The Second Edition Corrected and much Enlarged by the Author [i.e. Edward Ward] |
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[The murmuring Buzz which through the Room was sent]
The murmuring Buzz which through the Room was sent,Did Bee-hives noise exactly represent;
And like a Bee-hive too 'twas fill'd, and thick,
All tasting of the Honey Politick,
Call'd News, which they as greedily suck'd in,
As Nurses Milk young Babes were ever seen.
The various Tones and different noise of Tongues,
From lofty sounding Dutch and German Lungs,
Together with the soft melodious Notes,
Of Spaniards, Frenchmen, and Italian Throats,
Who met in this State-Conventicle,
Compos'd a kind of Harmony,
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Nay, even Babel's fatal Overthrow,
More sorts of Languages did never know,
Nor were they half so various, and so fickle.
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