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That lay in the House,
That Jack built.
This is THE MAN--all shaven and shorn, All cover'd with Orders--and all forlorn;
Who bows with a grace,
cuirasses, and lace;
Who, to tricksters and fools,
leaves the State and its treasure, And, when Britain's in tears,
sails about at his pleasure, Who spurn'd from his presence
the Friends of his youth,
And now has not one
who will tell him the truth; Who took to his counsels, in evil hour,
The Friends to the Reasons
of lawless Power;
That back the Public Informer who
that, in spite of new Acts,
And attempts to restrain it,
by Soldiers or Tax,
That plunder the Wealth,
That lay in the House,
That Jack built.
THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE
all tatter'd and torn, Who curse the day
wherein they were born, On account of Taxation
too great to be borne, And pray for relief,
from night to morn: Who, in vain, Petition
in every form,
Who, peaceably Meeting
to ask for Reform,
Were sabred by Yeomanry Cavalry, who
Were thank'd by THE MAN,
all shaven and shorn,
All cover'd with Orders--
and all forlorn;
who bows with a grace,
And has taste in wigs, collars,
cuirasses, and lace:
"Who, to tricksters and fools,
leaves the state and its treasure, And, when Britain's in tears,
sails about at his pleasure:
Who spurn'd from his presence
the Friends of his youth,
And now' has not one
who will tell him the truth;
Who took to his counsels, in evil hour,
The Friends to the Reasons of law less Power,
This is THE DOCTOR
by name,
From the Land of misrule,
The worthless colleague
of their infamous power:
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