POLITICS.
The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
Poetry. O.W. HOLMES.
A weapon that comes down as still
As snowflakes fall upon the sod;
But executes a freeman's will,
As lightning does the will of God:
And from its force, nor doors nor locks
Can shield you;—'t is the ballot-box.
A Word from a Petitioner. J. PIERPONT.
What is a Communist? One who has yearnings
For equal division of unequal earnings.
Epigram. E. ELLIOTT.
Measures, not men, have always been my mark.
The Good-natured Man, Act ii. O. GOLDSMITH.
Coffee, which makes the politician wise,
And see through all things with his half shut eyes.
Rape of the Lock, Canto III. A. POPE.
Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not.
King Lear, Act iv. Sc. 6. SHAKESPEARE.
Here and there some stern, high patriot stood,
Who could not get the place for which he sued.
Don Juan, Canto XIII. LORD BYRON.
Get place and wealth; if possible, with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Epistles of Horace, Epistle I. A. POPE.
O, that estates, degrees, and offices
Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honor
Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!
Merchant of Venice, Act ii. Sc. 9. SHAKESPEARE.