But remember, please, this hour,
When thou com’st again to pow’r.
[Exit Telly, dancing, and Mr. Gladstone retires to rest.]
—Truth. October, 1877.
(At one time The Daily Telegraph (London), was very strong in its support of Mr. Gladstone’s policy, but it afterwards completely veered round, and whilst Lord Beaconsfield was in power, he became the God of its idolatry. This change of front was popularly supposed to arise from the fact that the proprietor of the paper was very anxious to obtain a baronetcy.)
Maid of Athens.
John Bull loquitur.—
Maid of Athens, ere we start,
Take my arm—I’ll take your part.
Be my partner. All the rest