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Illegitimate ambitions,
Democratic rhetoricians,
Persons prone to base submissions,
Men of warlike dispositions,
Wild and wicked statisticians,
Metaphysical magicians,
Men inclined to make conditions,
And a host of wary foes,
Compassed round the ruling faction:
But a certain line of action
They incontinently chose:
And with great determination,
And extreme discrimination,
After proper preparation,
And profound examination,
Wrought it out with acclamation,
And each other's approbation,
Till the national taxation
Not unnaturally rose.
Democratic rhetoricians,
Persons prone to base submissions,
Men of warlike dispositions,
Wild and wicked statisticians,
Metaphysical magicians,
Men inclined to make conditions,
And a host of wary foes,
Compassed round the ruling faction:
But a certain line of action
They incontinently chose:
And with great determination,
And extreme discrimination,
After proper preparation,
And profound examination,
Wrought it out with acclamation,
And each other's approbation,
Till the national taxation
Not unnaturally rose.
To the nation soon occurred an
Opportunity of saying
What they thought about the burden
Which the government was laying
On their shoulders: and they said it
In uncompromising terms:—
"Your behaviour would discredit
Tigers, crocodiles, or worms:
Opportunity of saying
What they thought about the burden
Which the government was laying
On their shoulders: and they said it
In uncompromising terms:—
"Your behaviour would discredit
Tigers, crocodiles, or worms:
