“My cousins, the apes to their caverns can flee,

But I in a chain-gang of convicts must range here;

Repose or tobacco exist not for me;

Ne’er again in the snug little bar

Where my ancestors dwelt, shall I smoke the cigar.

Or cheer on the rabble of Dublin to war

By bawling and roaring out Erin-go-Bragh!

The Puppet Show, May 27, 1848.


The Visit to Erin.