WHEN the charters of England by worth are maintain’d,
And each citizen’s right supported unstain’d
By corruptive measures, or fraudulent deeds,
At which honour’s high sense recoils or recedes;
When the sheriffs of London adorn their high post ,
Attracting applause, from a legion or host;
Then Britons may proudly exult in their name,
And the temples of Smith –wear the laurel of fame!
May the wreath long his temples entwine and adorn,
And the bays never prove like the rose and its thorn!
But when he ascends to the high civic chair,
May the sheriff’s applause –attend the lord mayor .
(Mary Hopkins Pilkington)
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