For I had turn’d a Tory:

I cursed the Whigs, no more in place;

I damn’d their moderation,

And swore they shook the Church’s base,

By sinful toleration.

And this is law, &c.

Now that the Ministry relent,

And Erin’s sons look big, sir,

I feel a soft’ning sentiment,

Which makes me half a Whig, sir.