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    SEMI-CHORUS II . Led hy the Central Committee of Trades Unions . Is not the labourer worthy of his hire ? Thus do ye teach us every Sabbath morn ; But what we ' re worth we never can acquire , Since , with our wages , ye yourselves adorn ! We want no revolution

    Of violence and strife ; We ask a fair solution Of the problem of our life . You live by us , are hous'd and cloth'd ; Why should we wander ragged , hungry , loath'd .

    SEMI-CHORUS III . ' Led by three Poet-Mechanics . We do not seek , as priests aver , Back'd by hereditary star and spur , To rob the sea of whale or whiting ; But we claim justice to the letter ! We want no civil wars or fighting—We now know better !

    GRAND CHORUS OF TRADES * UNIONS . A right we claim from nature , Beyond all priests , lords , kings , Of having large inheritance In the wealth that labour brings ! A right in social state we have

    As well as priests , lords , kings , Of living in some comfort So long as plenty springs ! Who shall deny there ' s plenty When we see fat priests and lords Wallow in wealth they can't consume , And then bequeath their hoards ? [ A long symphony of very rough mimic .

    Grand Solo , hy Clinker , with orchestral accompaniments . B . ECITATIVO . If men were born with outward marks of rank , Stars on their foreheads , or with nine-inch noses , Small reason would there be their slaves to thank For growing corn , or weaving beds of roses : We'd do it as our natural duty , In homage of such wondrous beauty ! Or , if they had no need of corporal food , Coats , hats and shoes , large-town and country houses , Living , self-fed , by virtue of their blood , And walking , cloth'd like trees whom spring espouses ,

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    40 A Political Oratorio *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1835, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2641/page/40/