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SHAVING BANKS;

OR, MATTHEW'S CALL TO THE WORTHLESS, TO COME AND BE SHAVED O' THEIR SILLER.

Being the substance of a speech delivered by Matthew, (not the Evangelist,) at a Public Meeting held in the ---, on the --- day of ---, 1818, on the utility of “Shaving Banks.”

Ho! ye poor worthless, thriftless trash;
Worthless, because ye haena cash—
Thriftless, because ye try to dash
Like your superiors;
Come hither, till I lay the lash
To your posteriors.
Sae lost are ye to a' reflection—
To wisdom, prudence, circumspection—
That naething but some smart correction
I see will do;
And naething else than pure affection
Mak's me fa' to.
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Who can death's portals close,
By making peace with foes,
And ending warfare's woes?
Great Dzheordzhe, the king.
Who can do nothing wrong?
Who human life prolong?
Great Dzheordzhe, the king.
Who, by his Royal will,
Can, with a grey goose quill,
Graciously save—or kill?
Great Dzheordzhe, the king.
Who is the Church's Head,
Mighty, and high, and dread?
Great Dzheordzhe, the king.
Who makes the nations pay
Tythes—that a tythe may pray
After one certain way?
Great Dzheordzhe the king.

In the Japanese tongue, the dzh, when combined, produce a sound nearly similar to the English g soft; but it would be using too much freedom with Royalty to make any such alteration in the translation.


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