History & Politics
Epigram
From Poems of American History (1908)
History & Politics
Rudely forced to drink tea, Massachusetts, in anger,
Spills the tea on John Bull. John falls on to bang her.
Massachusetts, enraged, calls her neighbors to aid
And give Master John a severe bastinade.
Now, good men of the law, who is at fault,
The one who begins or resists the assault?
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Anonymous (American Ballads and Songs). “Epigram.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-american-ballads/25/.
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Anonymous (American Ballads and Songs). “Epigram.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-american-ballads/25/.
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