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A PLEA
FOR
THE RAGGED SCHOOLS OF LONDON.
WRITTEN IN ROME.
I.
"England's strong," say many speakers,
"If she winks, the Czar must come,
Prow and topsail, to the breakers."
II.
Adds a Roman, getting moody,
"If she shakes a travelling cloak,
Down our Appian roll the scudi."