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XVII. THE CHAUNTS OF THE BRAZEN HEAD. II.
Bet half the British Parliament
To twice the British Forum;
Or Sugden's lengthy argument
To Brocard's scant decorum;
Or Mori's most astounding art
To Robin's rustic tabor;
Or twenty bars from old Mozart
To twenty scores from Weber.
To twice the British Forum;
Or Sugden's lengthy argument
To Brocard's scant decorum;
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To Robin's rustic tabor;
Or twenty bars from old Mozart
To twenty scores from Weber.
Bet giants' clubs to kitchen brooms,
Or swords to kitchen pokers,
Or Canning's wit to Mr. Hume's,
Or Scott's to Mr. Croker's;
Or Laura's smile, so bright and gay,
To ocean's richest jewel,
Or Brougham's desire of place and pay
To Brougham's desire of duel.
Or swords to kitchen pokers,
Or Canning's wit to Mr. Hume's,
Or Scott's to Mr. Croker's;
Or Laura's smile, so bright and gay,
To ocean's richest jewel,
Or Brougham's desire of place and pay
To Brougham's desire of duel.
Bet honest Wisdom's lightest thought
To Folly's deepest knowledge;
Or what is proper to be taught
To what is taught—at college;
Or rotten eggs to rotten votes,
Or Englishmen to Germans,
Or half-a-dozen of Wentworth's notes
To half a quire of Burmann's.
To Folly's deepest knowledge;
Or what is proper to be taught
To what is taught—at college;
Or rotten eggs to rotten votes,
Or Englishmen to Germans,
Or half-a-dozen of Wentworth's notes
To half a quire of Burmann's.
Bet turtle-soup to vulgar tripe,
Or Regent Street to Holborn
Or puffs from a tobacco-pipe
To puffs from Mr. Colburn;
Or venison to a crust of bread,
Or perigords to fritters,
Or Friar Bacon's Brazen Head
To all the gold that glitters.
Or Regent Street to Holborn
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To puffs from Mr. Colburn;
Or venison to a crust of bread,
Or perigords to fritters,
Or Friar Bacon's Brazen Head
To all the gold that glitters.
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