Is but worthy of minds unpoetic and little)—
“Base scum of the Earth, and sweet Nature’s dissectors,
Meet with no just reward—these same Railway Directors!”
I’ve not mentioned the “Laughters,” the “Bravos,” the “Hears,”
“Agitations,” “Sensations,” and “Deafening Cheers,”
Which of course would attend a speech so patriotic,
So truly exciting, and anti-narcotic!
In this style I’d proceed, ’till I’d proved to the House
That these railways, in fact, were a national chouse,
And the best thing to do for poor Earth, to protect her,