THESE ARE THE REASONS OF LAWLESS POWER, That back the Public Informer, who Would put down the Thing, that, in spite of new Acts, And attempts to restrain it, by Soldiers or Tax, Will _poison_ the Vermin, That plunder the W ealth, That lay in the House, That Jack built. {014} [Illustration: 022] This is THE MAN--all shaven and shorn, All cover'd with Orders--and all forlorn; {015} THE DANDY OF SIXTY, Who bows with a grace, And has _taste_ in wigs, collars, cuirasses, and lace; Who, to tricksters and fools, leaves the State and its treasure, And, when Britain's in tears, sails about at his pleasure, Who spurn'd from his presence the Friends of his youth, And now has not one who will tell him the truth; Who took to his counsels, in evil hour, The Friends to the Reasons of lawless Power; That back the Public Informer who Would put down the _Thing_, that, in spite of new Acts, And attempts to restrain it, by Soldiers or Tax, Will _poison_ the Vermin, That plunder the Wealth, That lay in the House, That Jack built. {016} [Illustration: 024] THESE ARE THE PEOPLE all tatter'd and torn, Who curse the day wherein they were born, On account of Taxation too great to be borne, And pray for relief, from night to morn: Who, in vain, Petition in every form, {017} Who, peaceably Meeting to ask for Reform, Were sabred by Yeomanry Cavalry, who Were thank'd by THE MAN, all shaven and shorn, All cover'd with Orders-- and all forlorn; THE DANDY OF SIXTY, who bows with a grace, And has taste in wigs, collars, cuirasses, and lace: "Who, to tricksters and fools, leaves the state and its treasure, And, when Britain's in tears, sails about at his pleasure: Who spurn'd from his presence the Friends of his youth, And now' has not one who will tell him the truth; Who took to his counsels, in evil hour, The Friends to the Reasons of law less Power,