The painted Parroquet,
Alike, on claret and champagne
Gaze with unfaltering disdain.
No ale or spirit tempts the Ferret,
No juice of grape the Toad.
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In vain towards the "Harp and Merit"
The patient Ox you goad;
The painted Parroquet,
Alike, on claret and champagne
Gaze with unfaltering disdain.
No ale or spirit tempts the Ferret,
No juice of grape the Toad.
In vain towards the "Harp and Merit"
The patient Ox you goad;