Or sunk and smashed and shattered every ship of his had been!
Now with all respect for Charley, who did his work so rarely,
Punch holds that British oak’s as tough as ’twas in Dibdin’s day;
And Punch states without shrinking, he’s not alone in thinking,
That a Nelson would have taken where a Napier turned away.
Punch, November 29, 1856.
The Manager to Mrs. Langtry.
Air—“Oh, Nanny, wilt thou gang wi’ me?”
O Langtry, wilt thou gang wi’ me,