"Will this Wood take fire?"—Merry Wives of Windsor, V. 5.
Union, a fagot we take; But 'twould be a tremendous mistake,
To use rotten old Wood which never was good,
And then bind it up with a Snake.
[Original]
There once was a Patriot whose rigor reached such a remarkable figure,
That he'd rather go down in the water and drown
Than be saved by the help of a nigger.