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And vent a parching- groan , With nought to renovate the strength Which , toiling since the dawn , at length Is nerveless now , and gone !
CLERICAL SEMI-CHORUS . The cattle thrive in field and dell ; Example take—drink of the well ! CHORUS OF PAUPERS . Accompanied by the tongs and the bones .
Where is your honesty—reply ? Are not the poor by Statute imrepeaVd , Entitled to a third part lawfully
O * the tithes of benefices ? 'Tis not given ! Is it withheld by a private hint from heaven , One of your texts unwritten , yet reveal'd 1 Where is our share—reply ?
CLERICAL CHORUS . It doth repose e ' en with our honesty , All things are safe that we do hold , Pigs , poultry , cabbages , and gold , Enshrin'd in orthodox sanctity ; But be ye honest , erring sheep ;
Be shorn in silence ! rail not—weep !
SEMI-CHORUS OF PAUPERS . Give us some share of your vast stores ! GRAND CLERICAL CHORUS . Our ears are like the clos'd church-doors !
SEMI-CHORUS OF PAUPERS . We can ' t live long on a Peel'd ' tater , Nor while Duke Bagnet is Dick-tater !* Give us a better Poor-law Bill : The last was burnt in both your Houses ; Because they know tarnatioji well Starvation e ' en a pauper rouses : Then , Shepherds , render some account
GRAND CLERICAL CHORUS . Ye are all d d ! we won't ! we won ' t ! * This inBuffeiral } ly b& # ( and therefore exquisite ) pun is a plagiarism from a letter of -Lord Busby ' s ; recently sent from ' " over the water , td Charlie . '