ACROSTICKS.
S horn of every good intent, The slave I am of Government—Of it, forsooth, the very tool; Kept in its pay, I own its rule, Even at its command must I S hun all truth, all right deny.
D isgraccd am I, for I was, you know, O nee of Government the foe ; Moved, however, by desire of place, E very principle I did disgrace, T he people's cause I did indeed give up, To talce the berth that now my purse fills up.
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Wellington Independent, Volume VI, Issue 512, 7 September 1850, Page 2
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85ACROSTICKS. Wellington Independent, Volume VI, Issue 512, 7 September 1850, Page 2
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