| Deprived of root, and branch and rind, |
| Yet flowers I bear of every kind: And such is my prolific power, They bloom in less than half an hour; Yet standers-by may plainly see My head with giddiness goes round, And yet I firmly stand my ground: All over naked I am seen, And painted like an Indian queen. E'er joined such numbers hand in hand. I joined them fairly with a ring; Nor can our parson blame the thing. And though no marriage words are spoke, They part not till the ring is broke; Yet hypocrite fanatics cry, I'm but an idol raised on high; And once a weaver in our town, A damned Cromwellian, knocked me down. I lay a prisoner twenty years, And then the jovial cavaliers To their old post restored all three - I mean the church, the king, and me. |
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| - Jonathan Swift, 1725 |
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