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 The Constitution! The Law! The Crown!

Order reigns in Lilliput-town!

The Queen is Jill, and the King is John;

I trust the Government will get on.

I noticed, being a man of rhymes,

An advertisement in the Lilliput Times:—

". This is to state

That the Court is in want of a Laureate

"Nothing menial required.

Poets, willing to be hired,

May send in Specimens, at once.

Care of the Chamberlain "

Said I to myself, here's a chance for me,

The Lilliput Laureate for to be!

And these are the Specimens I sent in

To Pinafore Palace. Shall I win?