English poem
Epigram On The Late Reform And The Whig Administration
by Thomas Oldham (1816–1878)
Reform! reform! cries out the longing nation;— The people hail their own-elected House; On tiptoe stands the general expectation:— What the grand doings of the Administration? Lo! from the labouring mountain creeps a mouse! * * * * * Metaphysical Sages Have writ many pages, To decide if the Mind Be Spirit or Matter:— How strange! that in the pages Of these metaphysical sages We so seldom can find Mind, Spirit, or Matter!
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