The motto duly blessed by thee,

Great Earl, and by thy Tory class,

Runs ‘Government and Liberty’

(Imperium et Libertas).

Fools, &c.

*  *  *  *  *

(Six stanzas omitted).

Lindenfield.

The World. December 3, 1879.

A so-called comic song, entitled “Brickbats never will be Slates,” was brought out about two years ago, but it possesses no literary interest as a parody.