Political

Canada was found by Cabot,
And now the Premier is Abbot.
Cheap sugar to all is a boon,
Folks love it in their tea and spoon,
Cartwright thinks lie could build state coach,
Laurier could drive without reproach.

Where this text comes from

First published in Poems of James McIntyre (1889). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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Taken from Standard Ebooks, standardebooks/james-mcintyre_poetry, poetry.xhtml. Rights: public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931).

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Cite this poem

James McIntyre (1828?–1906). “Political.” First published in Poems of James McIntyre (1889). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/political/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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