Success to Taxation! that magical word
Is the true source of plenty, and sheds o’er the soul
Of a placeman more joy than aught else can afford.
From The Spirit of the Public Journals, 1825.
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BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS.
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly to day,
Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away.