“So the nobs at the Coburg (forgive me the pun)
Are about to let off, for six nights, a Great Gun:
Tom Cannon, whose backer his prowess espouses.
Is form’d to draw claret, and may draw great houses;
May he make a good ‘hit,’ for the managers’ sake,
If they’re liberal in ‘giving,’ Tom doubtless will ‘take.’
But, jesting apart, may the town aid their plan,
Nor the whole turn out merely a flash in the pan.
“TIMOTHY TRIGGER,
“Gun Tavern.”