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ON A POLITICIAN by HILAIRE BELLOC

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First Line: HERE, RICHLY, WITH RIDICULOUS DISPLAY
Last Line: I WEPT: FOR I HAD LONGED TO SEE HIM HANGED
Subject(s): HATE; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT;

The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged
I wept:for I had longed to see him hanged.



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