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MG-S.783.022
10 Jun 1783:41 (2/57)
A SKETCH OF THE TIMES.
No more my friends of vain applause,
Nor complemental rhymes:
Come muse, let's call another cause
And sing about the times.
For all the ages ever known,
The present is the oddest;
As all the men are honest grown,
And all the women's modest.
No lawyers now are fond of fees,
Nor clergy of their dues;
Few people at the plays one sees,
At churches! what crowded pews.
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Just turn the picture upside down,
I fear you'll see the right on't.
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