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A PLEA
FOR
THE RAGGED SCHOOLS OF LONDON.
WRITTEN IN ROME.
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I.
"England's strong," say many speakers,
"If she winks, the Czar must come,
Prow and topsail, to the breakers."
II.
Adds a Roman, getting moody,
"If she shakes a travelling cloak,
Down our Appian roll the scudi."