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320 Another army from the Players
 * That figure on the stage of State.

A better set there cannot be
 * For clap-trap and stage trickery,

And they’ll be well content to quit
 * Their present posts for higher pay;

For if they but good salaries get,
 * It matters not what parts they play.

You’ll have no quarelling about The characters you deal them out; Their public acts too well have shown They care but little for their own.

How nicely would Judge Spencer fit For “Overreach” and “Bajazet;” Van Buren, nimble, sly, and thin, Would make a noble “Harlequin;” Clinton would play “King Dick the Surly,” The learned “Pangloss” and grave “Lord Burleigh;” Woodworth (whose name the Muse shall hallow) Is quite at home in “Justice Shallow;” And slippery, smooth-faced Tallmadge stands A “Joseph Surface” at your hands.

Lo! where the acting Council sits, A grand triumvirate of wits, Cut out express by Nature’s chisel For “Noodle, Doodle, and Lord Grizzle;”