To the Memory of the Tailed, Untailed, and Detailed Devils: Of the Gotham of Yasmar, This Satire Is Very Feelingly Inscribed by the Author (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Prelude

Nemo me impune lacessit.

We'll touch up our country - a little, not much;
The statesman, too, in it, well give him the knife,
Who has fooled it so long that it walks with a crutch,
And unless he does better twill fight for its life.

We'll touch up the foibles of those who'd be great
In the shades of Parnassus, though only intruders,
And snatch off the plumes that the mystics of fate
Fastened on - send them back to the home of secluders.

In fact, we will do as we please - not beseech, -
And stand by the old Constitution they gave us,
That has vouchsafed to all the freedom of speech,
Believing in God and it ready to save us.

The robber who robs us of honor and right
And the dearest of hope that we cherished on earth
Is the hero this cynical town with delight
Applauds as he joins with his trumpets of mirth.

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