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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELECTION TIME, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Gather ye bank-notes while ye may
Last Line: Too soon its brilliant course is run. / its beer will soon stop flowing
Subject(s): "herrick, Robert (1591-1674);poetry & Poets;
First Line: Gather ye bank-notes while ye may
Last Line: Too soon its brilliant course is run. / its beer will soon stop flowing
Subject(s): "herrick, Robert (1591-1674);poetry & Poets;
Gather ye bank-notes while ye may:
The happy time is flitting;
The Member canvassing today
Tomorrow will be sitting.
That glorious crib, the Rising Sun,
Where patriots are glowing,
Too soon its brilliant course is run.
Its beer will soon stop flowing.
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