THE COLONISTS SEVEN AGES.
• * • Wellington's a stage, And all the men and puppets merely players ; They have their exits and their entrances; And each mm; in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven agos. At first, the pilgrim, Striving and struggling with his early toils: And then, the loyal settler, with his taxes, Aud no voice in the laws, learning to bow Uuwilliugly to pow'r: And then the beggar, Feeling like exi'e, with a woeful parchment Sent to the House of Commons. Then, half rebel, Fond of strong words, and branded as a bore, Jealous iv honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking some sort of reparation Through press or meeting's mouth: And then, the just man, His fairness bolstered by official friends, On haste severe, aud ready with a " but," And so he plays his part: The sixth age shifts Into the vain and flattered Nominee, A spectacle to those who leave his side, His youthful fire well tamed, a world too brave For his shrunk tniud ; and his free, manly voice, Turning in vain to vapouring twaddle, prates And gossips of his vote : Last scene of all, That ends this strange ungrateful history, Is settled slavishness, and mere Officialism, Saris truth, sans creed, sans care, sans everything.
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Wellington Independent, Volume VII, Issue 598, 5 July 1851, Page 3
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211THE COLONISTS SEVEN AGES. Wellington Independent, Volume VII, Issue 598, 5 July 1851, Page 3
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