Citation - Royal Gazette-Charleston: 1781.09.05

RG-C.781.063
1-5 Sep 1781:43 (1/54)
[Verse in report of Parliamentary Proceedings, House of
Commons, Thursday, May 20.]
With regard to the reports of the Commissioners, . . . it
was a ridiculous parade about little or nothing and put him
in mind of an old song.
  A trifling song you shall hear, 
  Begun with a trifle, and ended.\
  All trifling people draw near, 
  And I shall be nobly attended.
. . . [Speech by Mr. Burke]