On seeing Miss Foote in the part of Ariel, so exquisitely played by Miss Tree.
Where's Ariel? that is, where is Tree?
Whose voice and form so truly suit in't;
Surely the public must agree,
The Manager has put his Foot in't.
On the Commons passing the Catholic Bill one day, and on the next throwing out a Toll for passing Blackfriars Bridge.
England's friendly to all, let folks say what they will,
From Gentile, or Jew, she ne'er was a rover;
Her Commons first passed the Catholic Bill,
And the very next day vote for the Pass over.
On reading that Captain Parry embarked on board the "Fury" Discovery Ship early in Passion Week.
Parry's rage for discovery exceeds all, no doubt,
For both captain and crew in a Fury set out;
But still some excuse will appear for this freak,
When we learn the affair took place in Passion week.
On reading in the Paper a supposition that Shakspeare was lame.
That Shakspeare was lame, from his sonnets you'd gain,
But halt ere such men with weakness you're branding;
An abler hand never guided a pen,
And his works plainly show he'd a strong understanding.
ON THE NEW CROWN-PIECE;
The Sovereign's name being cut George IIII. and not as heretofore George IV. with a laurel wreath.
Pistrucci, in thine art divine,
Thou never wast more clever;
Long may the laurel mark our Sovereign's line,
But may the I.V. never!