THE STAR OF HOPE.
(A New Naval Ode.)
[The Royal Commission on Telegraphic Communication between Lighthouses and Lightships and the Shore, have issued their first report recommending immediate action in the more urgent cases. Dealing with the same subject, on November 28, 1891, Mr. Punch said:—
"Punch pictures with prophetic pen, a brighter, cheerier page,
Which must be turned, and speedily."—See "The Sweet Little Cherub that Sits up Aloft," (Modern Version as it Must Be) Vol. ci., p. 254.
Mr. Punch is mightily pleased that his injunction has been obeyed, and that his prophecy is in process of fulfilment.]
I.
Ye Mariners of England,
Shipwrecked in our home seas,
How this will calm your wives' wild fears,
And give your stout hearts ease!
Hope's blue eyes gleam above the main,