That rules of policy, and public good,
In Saxon times were rightly understood;
That kings are proper, may be useful things,
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But then, some gentlemen object to kings;
That in all times the minister’s to blame;
That British liberty’s an empty name,
Till each fair burgh, numerically free,
Shall choose its members by the Rule of Three.
So should the Muse, with verse in thunder clothed,