Farewell, thou King of Sentiment and Toast!
Long may’st thou rule the roast
At philanthropic and at civic dinner!
Long may Lachesis (that old maiden spinner)
Keep thy thread going, and long may we
Hear you declare
“Silence in the Chair!
Messrs. Hobbs, Dobbs, Snobbs, will ’blige you with a glee.”
Punch, November, 1843.