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A Political Allegory[1].
Once there was a famous nationWith a long and glorious past:Very splendid was its station,And its territory vast:It had won the approbation,The applause and admiration,Of the states who'd had occasion.In a time of tribulation,And of disorganisation,Not to mention degradation,And profound humiliation,To observe it standing fastWithout any trepidation,Or a sign of vacillation,Firm and faithful to the last.
Came a time of dire distraction,Full of terror and despair,When a delicate transactionCalled for unexampled care;But the people were directed,Both the well and ill-affected,To a wholly unexpected
- ↑ From "A Wreath of Song" by the Lotos Club. Cambridge, Deighton and Bell, 1880.
