Oh Robert, &c.
Punch. 1846.
The above song refers to a rumour that Lord Brougham (then residing at Cannes) was making overtures to Sir Robert Peel, in the hope that if Sir Robert returned to power, he, Brougham, would again be made Lord Chancellor.
“Brougham was still amused by the prospect of holding the Great Seal under Sir Robert Peel.”—Life of Lord Brougham.
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THE ANGEL’S WHISPER.
A baby was sleeping, its mother was weeping,
For her husband was far on the wild raging sea;
And the tempest was swelling round the fisherman’s dwelling,
And she cried, “Dermot, darling, oh! come back to me.”