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THE METROPOLITAN PROPHECY.
Written on the report of removing Temple-bar, in 1788.
If that gate is pull'd down 'twixt the Court and the City,You'll blend in one mass, prudent, worthless and witty;
If you league Cit and Lordling as brother and brother,
You'll break Order's chain, and they'll war with each other.
Like the great wall of China it keeps out the Tartars,
From making irruptions where Industry barters;
Like Samson's wild foxes, they'll fire your houses,
And madden your spinsters and cozen your spouses;
They'll destroy, in one sweep, both the mart and the forum,
Which your fathers held dear, and their fathers before 'em.
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