Two thousand and more, as I have heard say,

Who readily, steadily, toiled away,

And finished before the first of May

The Crystal Palace

that Fox built.”

The editor offered an apology for not including the name of Mr. Henderson, as it “would not come into the rhyme.” Messrs. Fox and Henderson were the builders of the 1851 exhibition, in Hyde Park.


The Houses of Parliament.

This is the house that Barry (ought to have) built.

This is the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built.