Then will the Palace fair, by patriotism planned,
Be hailed a glory of the land,
And, as the Empire joins its walls to raise,
Its people, one and all, will loudly sound its praise.
Truth. July 7, 1887.
Mr. Lewis Morris was rewarded for his ode by a silver Jubilee medal, with permission to wear it on public occasions. Some time afterwards he wrote to a Manchester newspaper complaining that people confounded him with Mr. William Morris, the poet and socialist, on which The Star published the following
Poet and Poetaster.
If this kind of thing goes on, Sir, I shall have to change my name;
’Tis an odious position to be in;
Though the other Mr. Morris may be better known to fame,