The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Comic Almanack, Volume 1: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
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│ │ │ Of the vagabond boys, │ │
│11│welcome │When they're burning Guy Vaux and the │ ⚹ ♀ ♈ ☍ │
│ │ │ Pope; │ │
│ │ │ It the flame keeps alive, │ │
│12│rope │ It makes bigotry thrive, │ of the │
│ │ │And gives it abundance of scope. │ │
│13│dangling │ │ weather │
│ │ │ 'Tis a beautiful truth │ │
│14│strangling│ For the minds of our youth, │ being │
│ │ │And will make 'em all Christians indeed; │ │
│15│frowning │ For the Church and the State │ │
│ │ │ Thus to teach 'em to hate │ ♈ ☍ ♉ ♋ ♎ │
│16│drowning │All those of a different creed. │ │
│ │ │ │ in some │
│17│oh! │ It is two hundred years │ │
│ │ │ Since our ancestors' fears │ sort the │
│18│Johnny │Were arous'd by this blood-thirsty fox; │ │
│ │ │ But often, since then, │ │
│19│Bull │ Our parliament men │ ♈ ☊ ♍ │
│ │ │Have been awfully _blown up_ by _Vaux_. │ │
│20│what a │ │ same as │
│ │ │ Now, they cannot deny │ │
│21│silly │ They're afraid of their Guy; │ usual, │
│ │ │And some of them earnestly hope, │ │
│22│old │ He may fancy a swing │ │
│ │ │ At the end of a string; │ ♊ ♒ ☿ ♍ │
│23│fool! │And they promise him plenty of rope. │ │
│ │ │ │ unless the │
│24│wait │ │ │
│ │ │ │ Comet do │
│25│to the │ │ │
│ │ │ │ make an │
│26│end │ │ │
│ │ │ │ alteration │
│27│and │ │ │
│ │ │ │therein as I│
│28│all │ │ │
│ │ │ │ have │
│ │ │ │ heretofore │
│29│will │ │ │
│ │ │ │ noted. │