Punch, as was made clear in the previous volume, was no lover of Prussian rule. On the eve of the war on Denmark he published a truly ferocious attack on King Wilhelm:—
THE SONG OF HOHENZOLLERN
Air—"The Standard Bearer."
French Emperor and Prussian King
I am a King; I reign by Right Divine,
As did my sires some hundred years before me;
Howe'er their crown was got, I came to mine,
Obey me then, O people, and adore me.
My seat I plant upon mine ancient Throne,
And order back the waves of Revolution.