Peel and Potato-blight defy
To make him hold his tongue, or try
To talk aught else but ‘rot’!”
Punch, 1846.
(The Duke of Richmond opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws, and declared that if they were repealed, landed proprietors would be driven out of the country.)
The Last Man.
(A Study after Campbell.)
The Park has quite a sickly glare,
The trees are brown as tan,