Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FOUR DEARS, by EBENEZER ELLIOTT


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THE FOUR DEARS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear sugar, dear tea, and dear corn
Last Line: Shall still rob the dear british nation.
Alternate Author Name(s): Corn-law Rhymer; Elliot, Ebenezer
Subject(s): Free Trade; Labor & Laborers; Politics & Government; Trade; Work; Workers


Dear Sugar, dear Tea, and dear Corn
Conspired with dear Representation,
To laugh worth and honour to scorn,
And beggar the whole British nation.
Let us bribe the dear sharks, said dear Tea;
Bribe, bribe, said dear Representation;
Then buy with their own the dear humbugg'd and be
The bulwarks of Tory dictation.
Dear Sugar and Tea, said dear Corn,
Be true to dear Representation;
And then the dear crown will be worn,
But to dignify dearest taxation.
Dear Sugar, dear Corn, and dear Tea,
Stick to me, said dear Representation;
Let us still pull together, and we
Shall still rob the dear British nation.





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