To the fame of your name,

And every one shall know

Of your prowess ’gainst the noisy mob

Who never struck a blow.

The Puppet Show, June 10, 1848.

(Written at the time of the Chartist movement, when the late Emperor Napoleon III, was sworn in as a special Constable.)


Ye Ship Builders of England.

Ye Ship builders of England,

That load our native seas