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fig for those by law protected!Liberty's a glorious feast!Courts for cowards were erected,Churches built to please the priest. What is title? what is treasure?What is reputation's care?If we lead a life of pleasure,'Tis no matter how or where!A fig, &c. With the ready trick and fable,Round we wander all the day;And at night, in barn or stable,Hug our doxies on the hay.A fig, &c. Does the train-attended carriageThrough the country lighter rove?Does the sober bed of marriageWitness brighter scenes of love?A fig, &c. Life is all a variorum,We regard not how it goes;Let them cant about decorumWho have characters to lose.A fig, &c. Here's to budgets, bags, and wallets!Here's to all the wandering train!Here's our ragged brats and wallets!One and all cry out--Amen! A fig for those by law protected!Liberty's a glorious feast!Courts for cowards were erected,Churches built to please the priest. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 5: A peculiar sort of whiskey.] * * * * *
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