Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Author:Thomas Moore Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE ANNUAL PILL. Supposed to be sung by Old Frost, the Jew, in the character of Major C—Rtw—Oht. Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill, Dat's to purify... more » every ting nashty avay ? Pless ma heart, pless ma heart, let ma say vat I vill, Not a Chrishtian or Shentleman minds vat I say I 'Tis so pretty a bolus ! —just down let it go, And, at vonce, such a radical shange you vill see, Dat I'd not be surprish'd, like de horse in de show, If your heads all vere found, vere your tailsh ought to be! Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill, andc. 'Twill cure all Electors, and purge away clear Dat mighty bad itching dey've got in deir hands— 'Twill cure, too, all Statesmen, of dulness, ma tear, Though the case vas as desperate as poor Mister Dere is noting at all vat dis Pill vill not reach— Give the Sinecure Ghentleman von little grain, Pless ma heart, it vill act, like de salt on de leech, And he'll throw de pounds, shillings, and pence, up again I Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill, andc. 'T would be tedious, ma tear, all its peauties to paint— But, among oder tings fundamentally wrong, It vill cure de ProadPottom—a common complaint Among M. P.'s and weavers—from sitting too long. Should symptoms of speeching preak out on a dunce (Vat is often de case), it vill stop de disease, And pring avay all de long speeches at vonce, Dat else vould, like tape-worms, come by degrees! Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill, Dat's to purify every ting nashty avay ? Pless ma heart, pless ma heart, let me say vat I vill, Not a Chrishtian or Shentleman minds vat I say ! Meaning, I presume, Coalition Administrations. " IF" AND " PERHAPS." Oh tidings of freedom ! oh accents of hope 1 Waft, waft them, ye zephyrs, to Erin's blue sea, And refresh ...« less
ISBN-13: 9780404146887 ISBN-10: 0404146880 Pages:751 Edition:1st AMS ed Rating: