"With jet-black streaks 'tis thickly mottled.
If not pure Raven, all must own
No Magpie hath a sootier tone!"
And so the rival parties raged and wrangled;
Judgment considered whilst the bigots jangled,
And the great bulk of them 'twas sad to find,
Wore party-coloured specs., or else were colour-blind!
GARRICK THEATRE.
