Tetotums we've for patriots got,

Who court the mob with antics humble;

Alike their short and dizzy lot,

A glorious spin, and then—a tumble.

Who'll buy? &c. &c.

Here misers may their bones inter

In shrouds of neat post-obit paper;

While, for their beirs, we've quicksilver,

That, fast as heart can wish, will caper.

For aldermen we've dials true,