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Rh I hold no speech of your desert,
 * Nor baffle with porrected shield
 * The wooden weapon that you wield,

But meet you with a cast of dirt.

Dispute with such a thing as you—
 * Twin show to the two-headed calf?
 * Why, sir, if I repress my laugh,

'Tis more than half the world can do.


 * Is a statesman of world-wide fame,
 * With a notable knack at rhetorical bosh
 * To glorify somebody's name—

Somebody chosen by Tuckerton's masters To succor the country from divers disasters
 * Portentous to Mr. Mahosh.


 * Percy O'Halloran Tarpy Cabee
 * Is in the political swim.
 * He cares not a button for men, not he;
 * Great principles captivate him—