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Poem
February 25, 1824
Palladium Of Virginia And The Pacific Monitor
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Satirical poem in rhymed couplets denouncing a corrupt knave who cheats tradesmen, misuses public funds for personal extravagance, and calls for his public expulsion to save the oppressed.
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AN EXTINGUISHER.
Expert in all notorious ways
Of courting public exaltation;
Except he's forced he never pays.
And gets his tradesman's execration
Most by cheating all he can,
Addicted to exacerbation,
Eccentric to each honest man,
Obnoxious to an explanation;
Extremely anxious to receive
The praises of exaggeration,
Exceedingly averse to give
The poor man's examination;
Opposed to universal hate
And threatened with extermination
Extortion makes the knave complete,
Callous to every exhortation,
Extravagant with others' bread,
He revels in exhilaration
Spending what the public paid
For sufferers' extrication.
Attend, Benevolence! your hand,
To save the oppressed from extirpation,
Expel the X from out the land,
With public excommunication.
Expert in all notorious ways
Of courting public exaltation;
Except he's forced he never pays.
And gets his tradesman's execration
Most by cheating all he can,
Addicted to exacerbation,
Eccentric to each honest man,
Obnoxious to an explanation;
Extremely anxious to receive
The praises of exaggeration,
Exceedingly averse to give
The poor man's examination;
Opposed to universal hate
And threatened with extermination
Extortion makes the knave complete,
Callous to every exhortation,
Extravagant with others' bread,
He revels in exhilaration
Spending what the public paid
For sufferers' extrication.
Attend, Benevolence! your hand,
To save the oppressed from extirpation,
Expel the X from out the land,
With public excommunication.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Epigram
What themes does it cover?
Satire Society
Moral Virtue
Political
What keywords are associated?
Satire Knave
Extortion
Public Funds
Corruption
Excommunication
Poem Details
Title
An Extinguisher.
Key Lines
Extortion Makes The Knave Complete,
Callous To Every Exhortation,
Spending What The Public Paid
For Sufferers' Extrication.
Expel The X From Out The Land,
With Public Excommunication.