THE THREE MONUMENTS
 
 THEY hold their public meetings where
 Our most renowned patriots stand,
 One among the birds of the air,
 A stumpier on either hand;
 And all the popular statesmen say
 That purity built up the State
 And after kept it from decay;
 And let all base ambition be,
 For intellect would make us proud
 And pride bring in impurity:
 The three old rascals laugh aloud.