Come, think of those whose tired hands shake,
As at your books they toil;
And, oh, do not, for pity’s sake,
Their taste of Yule-tide spoil!
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Truth, December 18, 1884.
Another long imitation of the same original appeared in Truth, Sept. 25, 1879, commencing
“Ye Ministers of England.”
Amongst the curiosities of literature may be classed an extraordinary collection entitled “Divine Songs of the Muggletonians,” printed in 1829, and now very scarce. Amongst these so-called Divine Songs are some to be sung to such tunes as “God save the King,” “Hearts of Oak,” “De’il tak the wars,” and one there is which commences as follows, in imitation of Campbell’s Mariners:—
“You faithful Muggletonians who truly do believe