From The Man in the Moon. Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach. Vol. II.
Jenny Lind made her first appearance at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, in May, 1847 (when it was under the management of Mr. Lumley), with great success. She was much admired in every part she undertook, but in Norma she had to stand comparison with Madame Grisi, who had long been identified with it, and opinions widely differed, as to the superiority of these famous singers in this, now almost forgotten, opera.
The Lord Mayor’s Show.
Now, ye blue-blooded dustmen, leave your cart’s unsav’ry tail,
And you, ye “supes” of noble birth, come don your coats of mail;
For Harcourt and his legions and Firth, that recreant knight,
Have dared the valiant Griffin and the Turtle to the fight!
Now Fowler wipes his reeking brow, while smiles relax his face,
For have they not already flinched before his mighty mace?