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The Chapter of Politicians.
My friends so good-humour*d I hope won't be vex'd,
It the Chapter of Politics furnish my text 5
The tidies are dl bustle, the folks all alive,
Politicians increase just like bees in a hive.
And barring all pother,
Of this, that, or t'other,
We're all politicians in turn.
The blacksmith he swallows the tailor's news,
And fcrges supplies, while old Dobbin he shoes ;
He bio.vs up the authors of Englishmen's wrongs,
And hopes we shad gi at kkammer and tongs.
for oai ring, Sec.
The flag cf defiance the tailor lets loose,
.And values a Frenchman no more than a goose ; '
He works for the armv, and therefore he knows
We shall certairly stick in the skirts of our foes.
For barring, &c.
The barber exclaims, witto true technical trope,
That we're all in the suds, tho' he ventures to hope$
In dressing a foe that our powder may tell,
Do the job to a shaving, and lather him well.
For barring, &c.
The coblev, good soul, says our all must soon end,
And be worn out at last, unless matters we mend j