Soon, soon, will the term of thy thraldom be sped,

And the standard of freedom shall gallantly wave

Where rule by a class finds a dishonoured grave!

James Robinson.

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The same original was again selected for a competition in the Weekly Dispatch, and the following prize poem was printed in that paper on September 14, 1884:—

O, Salisbury, Salisbury, beware of the day

When the people shall meet thee in hostile array!

For what can it end in excepting thy flight?

Whilst thy Tory companions are scattered in fight,