[OM] hoi polloi

[William Sommerwerck]

Our lordly style you shall not quench
With base canaille! (That word is French.)
Distinction ebbs before a herd
Of vulgar plebs! (a Latin word.)
'Twould fill with joy and madness stark
The hoi polloi! (a Greek remark.)
One Latin word, one Greek remark, and one that's French.

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