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Rh In vain I endeavor to give them a hint on
 * Sense, reason, or temper—they laugh at it all;

For sense is nonsense when it makes against Clinton,
 * And reason is treason in Tammany Hall.

So I mean (though I fear I shall seem unto some a
 * Strange, obstinate, odd-headed kind of an elf)

To strike my old tent in the Fourth, and become a
 * “Tenth Ward independent elector” myself.

D.