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Won't do , mnr t do , when he cant : •* Better rub than rust ; Bees are flying—sloth is d ying ! Better rub than rust . *'
No . VII . Thick Dick can read , but signs hi » mark ; He likes a spree , when nights are dark , And sometimes drinks his wages : Blue Jem can neither read nor write , But starves his wife , and loves a fight : What beasts are bards and sages !
Dick poaches when his work is done ; Jem fuddles at the " Dog and Gun , " And laughs at bards and sages : With stolen brass Dick ' s boy buys gin ; In lampless lanes , Jem ' s daughter , thin , Earns prostitution ' s wages !
See how they reel from street to street , Where ruffians bawl , and strumpets meet , To earn their dreadful wages ! " See ! " cry the brutes who make them bj ** What humbugs are your Institutes ! How useless are your sages I "
" Are these your Watts and Stevensons ? Your Chant reys and your Chrttterton * ? Your poets , painters , sages ? " No , these are things that sell their votes , And strain their loyal English throats , That lords may steal their wages !
To clothe the squire , they waste their lives ; They rob their children , starve their wives , To pay his footmen ' s wages ; They cannot write , they will not think ; To feed their foes , they work and drink , — What beasts are bards aud sages 1
See , Paioced Brutes , that feed on brutes ! And curse Mechanics * Institutes , Because ye want their wages ! S * t » how they reel from street to street , Where brawls my lord , and ruftiuus tne < t !* You * rc safe if these are sages !
• How many of these victims of the aristocracy aro iuembors of Mechanic ' s Institutes ]—jNot < uw .