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POLLY: DAMARIS' SONG by JOHN GAY

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First Line: WHEN KINGS BY THEIR HUFFING
Last Line: SERVANTS GET THE DRUBBING.
When kings by their huffing
Have blown up a squabble,
All the charge and cuffing
Light upon the rabble.

Thus when man and wife
By their mutual snubbing,
Kindle civil strife,
Servants get the drubbing.



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