And he gave a fanciful description of the result of the unpopular Hair-Tax, which, according to him, evoked so much disgust that, “the male sex have already sacrificed their favourite curls, to disappoint the rapacity of a minister.”
Peter Pindar Esq.
“See groups of Hairdressers all idle stand,
A melancholy, mute, and mournful band;
And Barbers eke, who lift the crape-clod Pole,
And round and round their eyes of horror roll;
Desponding, pale, like Hosier’s Ghost so white,
Who told their sorrows ’mid the morning light.
But see! each hopeless wight with fury foams;