Living
Smithfield! Thy Festival Prepare
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Smithfield! thy festival prepare
And drive the cattle from the fair;
Another drove is coming fast . .
Tie, tie the faggot to the mast:
And purify the nation's crimes
Again as in the good old times.
"Huzza! " the children cry, " huzza!
Now then for one more holiday! "
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Smithfield! Thy Festival Prepare.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/563/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Smithfield! Thy Festival Prepare.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/563/.
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