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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 actionThey 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 taxationNot unnaturally rose.
To the nation soon occurred anOpportunity of sayingWhat they thought about the burdenWhich the government was layingOn their shoulders: and they said itIn uncompromising terms:—"Your behaviour would discreditTigers, crocodiles, or worms:
