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And Eaters are plenty, The former must rise, or the latter decrease; If in War they're employ'd, Till one half are destroy'd, The few that are left will have more Bread and Cheese. 3 Think not that Employment's the grand requisition; That if men had work it would make the times good; No man would want work if he lack'd not provision; The cry for Employ is the cry for more Food. Now every Trade, From the Gown to the Spade, Oppress'd by it's numbers feels Scarcity's squeeze; From the Prince to the Peasant, 'Tis true, tho' unpleasant, There must be fewer mouths, or else more Bread and Cheese. 4 Now our Hive is so pinch'd, both for room and for honey, The industrious Bees would fain kick out the Drones: But expose not your Life, for victuals nor money; 'Tis better you supperless sleep with whole bones, Then shuffle, and hustle, Keep clear of the bustle, Step out of the way-when they kick up a breeze: Preserve your own Life, Till the end of the strife: Then the few that are left will have more Bread and Cheese. 5 Think not Hell is let loose with a terrible mission, To punish a world for incor'gible Sin. Not from angry Gods, nor from deep Politicians, War nat'rally springs from the Passions of Men[13]: 'Tis for room and for food, That Men fight and shed blood[14]; When sufficiently thinn'd the inducement will cease: There'll be room for us all, When our numbers are small: And the few that are left will have more Bread and Cheese. [Footnote 13: So hath said the APOSTLE. _Ja_: iv. 1 But then these warring Passions are something very like national Sins. C.L.] [Footnote 14: Bad as this would be, it would be well if they made not War on Motives less naturally urgent than these: "_glandem atque ambilia propter_." It is worse to make Wars of Heroical, still worse of Ministerial, and worst of all of Commercial Speculation. C.L.] * * * * * LYRIC ADDRESS TO DR. JENNER. [Vaccine Inoculation.--Distress and Terrors of the Small Pox.--Dangers of Delay.] * * * * * 1 Rejoice, rejoice, Humanity! The fell, destructive, sore Disease, The pest of ages, now can be, Repell'd with safety and wi
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