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LADY BUSHEY |
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HORACE |
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JERICHO and MICHAEL |
| Who, alas!, would be a peer |
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Who, alas!, would be a peer |
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Who, alas!, would be a peer |
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Who, alas!, would be a peer |
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When |
| When the daily |
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When the daily |
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When the daily |
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the daily |
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pa- |
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papers jeer, |
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papers jeer, |
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pers jeer, |
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| In a way to be regretted |
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In a way to be regretted |
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In a way to be regretted |
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In a way to be regretted |
| At the brainless coronetted? |
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At the brainless coronetted? |
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At the brainless coronetted? |
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At the brainless coronetted? |
| Let us heave a tender sigh |
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Let us heave a tender sigh |
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Let us heave |
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Let us heave a tender sigh |
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a ten- |
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| For the man whose rank is high |
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For the man whose rank is high |
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der sigh, For the man whose rank |
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For the man whose rank is high |
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is high, |
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| Nor with democrat's audacity |
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Nor with democrat's
audacity |
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Nor with democrat's audacity |
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Nor with democrat's audacity |
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Laugh at |
| Laugh at titled incapacity. |
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Laugh at titled incapacity. |
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Laugh at titled incapacity. |
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titled incapacity |
| Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
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Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
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Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
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Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
| Sleep no more |
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Sleep no more |
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Sleep no more |
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Sleep no more |
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on |
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on |
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downy pillows, |
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downy pillows, |
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downy pillows, |
| But with big ancestral swords |
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But with big ancestral swords |
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But with big ancestral swords |
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But with big ancestral swords |
| O defend, |
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O defend, |
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O defend, |
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O defend, |
| O defend your peccadilloes. |
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O defend your peccadilloes. |
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O defend your peccadilloes. |
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O defend your peccadilloes. |
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Strips |
| Strips the bald and bankrupt peer, |
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Strips the bald and bank- |
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Strips the bald and bankrupt peer, |
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the bald and bankrupt peer, |
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rupt peer, |
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| Bringing creditors' irateness |
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Bringing creditors' irateness |
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Bringing creditors' irateness |
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Bringing creditors' irateness |
| On hereditary greatness, |
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On hereditary greatness, |
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On hereditary greatness, |
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On hereditary greatness, |
| When the ruthless Bill of Sale, |
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When the ruthless Bill of Sale, |
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When the ruth- |
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When the ruthless Bill of Sale, |
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less Bill |
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| Drives him forth o'er hill and dale, |
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Drives him forth o'er hill and dale, |
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of Sale, Drives him forth o'er hill |
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Drives him forth o'er hill and dale, |
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and dale, |
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| Let us weep in all humility |
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Let us weep in all humility |
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Let us weep in all humility |
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Let us weep in all humility |
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For a |
| For a broken down Nobility. |
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For a broken down Nobility. |
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For a broken down Nobility. |
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broken down Nobility. |
| Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
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Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
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Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
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Rouse ye then, O House of Lords! |
| Sleep no more on dow- |
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Sleep no more on |
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Sleep no more on |
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Sleep no more on |
| ny pillows, |
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downy pillows, |
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downy pillows, |
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downy pillows, |