That in his royal glass-coach he will in state go down.
This is the first of twenty-three verses of a not particularly good parody, which appeared in George Cruikshank’s Comic Almanack for 1847.
The Month. By Albert Smith and John Leech. In the number for December 1851, of this scarce little magazine, there was a long imitation of Macaulay, entitled
The Inauguration of the Mayor.
Up! Citizens of Cripplegate—come Billingsgate, begin!
Rise ye of ancient Candlewick—up Farringdon Within,
Now Castle Baynard, show your strength—now Aldgate, lead the van,
Ye City wards which ne’er were picked, since history began.
’Tis London’s ancient Festival, another Mayor to-day,