Rejected Addresses by James Smith;Horace Smith
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And then shall each Paddy, who once on the Liffey Perchance held the helm of some mackerel-hoy, Hold the helm of the state, and dispense in a jiffy More fishes than ever he caught when a boy. XII. And those who now quit their hods, shovels, and barrows In crowds to the bar of some ale-house to flock, When bred to OUR bar shall be Gibbses and Garrows, Assume the silk gown, and discard the smock-frock. XIII. For Erin surpasses the daughters of Neptune, As Dian outshines each encircling star; And the spheres of the heavens could never have kept tune Till set to the music of Erin-go-bragh! THE REBUILDING--BY R. S. {33} {99} - "Per audaces nova dithyrambos Verba devolvit numerisque fertur Lege solutis." HORAT. |
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