Where bastard Freedom waves

The fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852): To the Lord Viscount Forbes, written from the City of Washington.

Means not, but blunders round about a meaning;

And he whose fustian's so sublimely bad,

It is not poetry, but prose run mad.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 186.