There was a Stern Statesman astute, who so often went in to recruit,

That a Rattlesnake fat revolved in his hat,

While a Copperhead squirmed in his boot.

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"So much dishonor my fair stars."—King Richard 111., IV. 1.

The traitor our Common Cents mars, And on Liberty plainly he wars,

Taking Freedom away from the Union, I say,

When he cuts out her head from the stars.