| They hold their public meetings where |
| Our most renownèd patriots stand, |
| One among the birds of the air, |
| A stumpier on either hand; |
| And all the popular statesmen say |
| That purity built up the State |
| And after kept it from decay; |
| Admonish us to cling to that |
| And let all base ambition be, |
| For intellect would make us proud |
| And pride bring in impurity: |
| The three old rascals laugh aloud. |