Crowned so long with a laurel-wreath

Seldom worn by a worthier,

Now with preposterous flummeries

Come at last to this flatulent

Droning Ode on the Jubilee!

III.

Nothing of the flawless—but the tin pot—

Nothing of the dulcet, or strain glorious,

All is fussy, feeble, flat—writ poorly.

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