The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 / Also an Account of the Trials and Sufferings of Dud Dudley, with His Mettallum Martis: Etc.

by C. F. G. Clark

But stay, this long metre this subject won’t fit.

Reader, with your permission,

I’ll make a short digression;

For brevity is best, no doubt,

When wit, fun, frolic, are about.

The Castle Fêtes, alas! alas!

Let them to oblivion pass,

With the ugly Balance Sheet,

Afraid the public eye to meet;

We no doubt can do without it,