Thy wheel and thou are shadows in the cloud;
Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate.
[2] A room for each man, and plenty of excellent provisions were amongst the inducements held out to the deluded victims who enlisted in the Papal Brigade to fight against Italian unity.
[3] Apropos of the clamorous meeting of the Clergy, in Freemason's Hall, December, 1868, the Archbishop of York in the Chair. 1439 votes were recorded at the division.
[4] This appears to be a covert allusion to the lady-bird.
[5] We shall not publish the vocabulary with this song.—ED.
[6] "Bonnie Jean's" maiden name.
[7] Corpses.
[8] To shoot.
[9] Alluding to Napoleon III.