From tavern-haunts where politicians meet;

Where rector, doctor, and attorney pause,

First on each parish, then each public cause:

Indited roads, and rates that still increase;

The murmuring poor, who will not fast in peace;

Election zeal and friendship, since declined;

A tax commuted, or a tithe in kind;

The Dutch and Germans kindling into strife;

Dull port and poachers vile; the serious ills of life.

Here comes the neighbouring Justice, pleased to guide