[10] Lord George Gordon, who at this time was very popular.
[11] Alluding to two persons in Newcastle, noted for their political principles.
The following Song was published in December, 1791 as from One of the Rooks which then built their Nest on the Vane of the Exchange, and addressed to the good People of BUR-CASTLE.
Rough roll’d the roaring river’s stream,
And rapid ran the rain,
When Robert Rutter dreamt a dream,
Which rack’d his heart with pain:
He dreamt there was a raging bear
Rush’d from the rugged rocks;