And I can’t think why!
“So come, my worthy farmers and poor peasants, look at me,
And try if you as spiteful and intolerant can be;
Denounce the things in others you do without demur,
And make repeated efforts their passions fierce to stir.
Be prejudiced as I am, my spite and malice share,
And as becomes true patriots, for civil war prepare.
In short, I’d have you act upon my patriotic plan,
Though everybody says I’m such a bad, contentious man,
And I can’t think why!”