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XLI. THE RUSSELL MELODIES.
NO. V.
“The Bill was not intended to destroy the legitimate influence of
property.”—Speeches of Lord John Russell (passim).
Sir John to Dudley is gone away
With a confident tone, and a visage gay;
Sir John from Dudley is coming back,
With an altered tone, and a visage black;
The dolts at Dudley are very dense,
And deaf to “legitimate influence.”
With a confident tone, and a visage gay;
Sir John from Dudley is coming back,
With an altered tone, and a visage black;
The dolts at Dudley are very dense,
And deaf to “legitimate influence.”
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How shall we manage their fault to mend?
The Earl Fitzwilliam is my friend;
Though Wetherell scold, though Croker scoff,
We'll send the knight in his chariot off;
At Malton none are known to fence
Against “legitimate influence.”
The Earl Fitzwilliam is my friend;
Though Wetherell scold, though Croker scoff,
We'll send the knight in his chariot off;
At Malton none are known to fence
Against “legitimate influence.”
If Earl Fitzwilliam will not smile,
I have a colleague, Lord Carlisle;
He knows, I fancy, a thing or two
Of what the folk at Morpeth do;
They have a horror of pounds and pence,
But a taste for “legitimate influence.”
I have a colleague, Lord Carlisle;
He knows, I fancy, a thing or two
Of what the folk at Morpeth do;
They have a horror of pounds and pence,
But a taste for “legitimate influence.”
If Lord Carlisle will not be won,
I am his Grace of Bedford's son;
Our own ten-pounders in the West
Will be happy to see their learned guest;
Tavistock men are men of sense;
They love “legitimate influence.”
I am his Grace of Bedford's son;
Our own ten-pounders in the West
Will be happy to see their learned guest;
Tavistock men are men of sense;
They love “legitimate influence.”
For true Reformers there will be
In Downing Street a jubilee,
When the champion proud of Freedom's cause
Shall come to manufacture laws,
Chosen—no matter how or whence—
M.P. for “legitimate influence.”
In Downing Street a jubilee,
When the champion proud of Freedom's cause
Shall come to manufacture laws,
Chosen—no matter how or whence—
M.P. for “legitimate influence.”
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