Living
Ye Politicians, tell me, pray
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, IV: Poems and Plays, ed. E. V. Lucas
Living
Ye Politicians, tell me, pray,
Why thus with woe and care rent?
This is the worst that you can say,
Some wind has blown the wig away,
And left the hair apparent.
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Lamb, Charles. “Ye Politicians, tell me, pray.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/141/.
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Lamb, Charles. “Ye Politicians, tell me, pray.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lamb/141/.
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