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A WELCOME.
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[WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE OPENING OF THE BATH PENNY READINGS, ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 2, 1863.]
Once more we come with heart and hand,
In warm and earnest greeting:
Once more we form in goodly band,
A free and cordial meeting.
In warm and earnest greeting:
Once more we form in goodly band,
A free and cordial meeting.
A meeting that has no design
To threaten, coax, or wheedle;
To hail with glee a new “M. P.”
Or choose a parish beadle!
To threaten, coax, or wheedle;
To hail with glee a new “M. P.”
Or choose a parish beadle!
A meeting where no fierce debate
Engenders “Chartist Riot;”
But leaves Queen, Parliament, and State,
In true and loyal quiet.
Engenders “Chartist Riot;”
But leaves Queen, Parliament, and State,
In true and loyal quiet.
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