In politics my duty is to show John
Bull something of the lower world's condition.
It makes my blood boil like the springs of Hecla,[762]
To see men let these scoundrel Sovereigns break law.
XCIII.
But Politics, and Policy, and Piety,
Are topics which I sometimes introduce,
Not only for the sake of their variety,
But as subservient to a moral use;
Because my business is to dress society,