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BALLAD FOR THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.
“I authorized my Committee to take the step which they did, of proposing a fair comparison of strength, upon the understanding that whichever of the two should prove to be the weakest, should give way to the other.”
—Extract from Mr. W. J. B---kes's Letter to Mr. G---lb---n.
B---kes is weak, and G---lb---n too,
No one e'er the fact denied;—
Which is “weakest” of the two,
Cambridge can alone decide.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
No one e'er the fact denied;—
Which is “weakest” of the two,
Cambridge can alone decide.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
G---lb---n of the Pope afraid is,
B---kes, as much afraid as he;
Never yet did two old ladies
On this point so well agree.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
B---kes, as much afraid as he;
Never yet did two old ladies
On this point so well agree.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
Each a different mode pursues,
Each the same conclusion reaches;
B---kes is foolish in Reviews,
G---lb---n, foolish in his speeches.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
Each the same conclusion reaches;
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G---lb---n, foolish in his speeches.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
Each a different foe doth damn,
When his own affairs have gone ill;
B---kes he damneth Buckingham,
G---lb---n damneth Dan O'Connell.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
When his own affairs have gone ill;
B---kes he damneth Buckingham,
G---lb---n damneth Dan O'Connell.
Choose between them, Cambridge, pray,
Which is weakest, Cambridge, say.
Once, we know, a horse's neigh
Fix'd the' election to a throne
So, whichever first shall bray,
Choose him, Cambridge, for thy own.
Choose him, choose him by his bray,
Thus elect him, Cambridge, pray.
Fix'd the' election to a throne
So, whichever first shall bray,
Choose him, Cambridge, for thy own.
Choose him, choose him by his bray,
Thus elect him, Cambridge, pray.
June, 1826.
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