Two _Palmers_ are kept, holy men, in this ill, grim age,
To make every night their Conservative pilgrimage.
A _Fuller_, for scouring old coats and redressing them;
A _Taylor_ to fashion; and _Mangles_ for pressing them.
Two _Stewarts_, two _Fellowes_, a _Clerk_, and a _Baillie_,
To keep order, yet each call'd to order are, daily.
A _Duke_, without dukedom--a matter uncommon--
And _Bowes_, the delight, the enchantment of woman.
This house has a _Tennent_, but ask for the rent of it,
He'd laugh at, and send you to Brussels or Ghent for it.
Of the animals properly call'd so, a sample
We'll give to you gentlefolks now, for example:--
There are _bores_ beyond count, of all ages and sizes,
Yet only one _Hogg_, who both learned and wise is.
There's a _Buck_ and a _Roebuck_, the latter a wicked one,
Whom few like to play with--he makes such a kick at one.
There are _Hawkes_ and a _Heron_, with wings trimm'd to fly upon,
And claws to stick into what prey they set eye upon.
There's a _Fox_, a smart cove, but, poor fellow, no tail he has;
And a _Bruen_--good tusks for a feed we'll be bail he has.
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