Between the gum-pot and the shears, The awful emblems of my trade— First-fruits of two hot Indian years— These rhymes were made. Will he who left with passing years The weapons of his accolade, The gum-pot and the office shears For labour staid At leaders on the inner leaf Finance, War, Famine, Trade or Crimes, Past Master of my Craft in brief Accept those rhymes?
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