The Burden of Babylondon or the Social Incubus

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Excerpt from The Burden of Babylondon or the Social Incubus: And Other Vers De SociétéTo some concern with one-pound shares, And Mammon managing director.Yet may the Goddess be inclined To change (as ladies will) her mind. Maugre his Mother's resolution, Young Cupid still seems prone to range The rascal thinks his constitution Occasionally needs a change! Ye sprightly Benedicks and wives Who, ere the honeymoon be spent, Separate by mutual consent I dare not contemplate your lives! Do ye not tremble at the sound Of Rita's voice and stern Corelli's as, fired with righteous wrath, they pound Your reputations into jellies, And make each frisky worldling feel The rod of their reforming zeal?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.