Election Ballad（2 / 6）
where dogs at court (sad sons of bitches!)
septennially a madness touches,
till all the land's infected.
all hail! drumlanrig's haughty grace,
discarded remnant of a race
once godlike—great in story;
thy forbears' virtues all contrasted,
the very name of douglas blasted,
thine that inverted glory!
hate, envy, oft the douglas bore,
but thou hast superadded more,
and sunk them in contempt;
follies and crimes have stain'd the name,
but, queensberry, thine the virgin claim,
from aught that's good exempt!
i'll sing the zeal drumlanrig bears,
who left the all-important cares
of princes, and their darlings:
and, bent on winning borough touns,
came shaking hands wi' wabster-loons,
and kissing barefit carlins.
combustion thro' our boroughs rode,
whistling his roaring pack abroad
of mad unmuzzled lions;
as queensberry blue and buff unfurl'd,
and westerha' and hopetoun hurled
to every whig defiance.
but cautious queensberry left the war,
th' unmanner'd dust might soil his star,
besides, he hated bleeding: ↑返回顶部↑
septennially a madness touches,
till all the land's infected.
all hail! drumlanrig's haughty grace,
discarded remnant of a race
once godlike—great in story;
thy forbears' virtues all contrasted,
the very name of douglas blasted,
thine that inverted glory!
hate, envy, oft the douglas bore,
but thou hast superadded more,
and sunk them in contempt;
follies and crimes have stain'd the name,
but, queensberry, thine the virgin claim,
from aught that's good exempt!
i'll sing the zeal drumlanrig bears,
who left the all-important cares
of princes, and their darlings:
and, bent on winning borough touns,
came shaking hands wi' wabster-loons,
and kissing barefit carlins.
combustion thro' our boroughs rode,
whistling his roaring pack abroad
of mad unmuzzled lions;
as queensberry blue and buff unfurl'd,
and westerha' and hopetoun hurled
to every whig defiance.
but cautious queensberry left the war,
th' unmanner'd dust might soil his star,
besides, he hated bleeding: ↑返回顶部↑