Has played up rare pranks with my briny domain;
The jolly old days of Drake, Benbow, and Nelson.
Success to Old England, short shrift to her foes;
My favourite, spite of all change, I confess her.
A bumper, my boy! Here's the Queen, and God bless her!
SPITHEAD, JULY 23rd, 1887.
Father Neptune (cheerily). "WHAT—VULCAN, MY HEARTY! WELL, WE'RE SHIPMATES NOW, SO HERE'S 'THE QUEEN!'—GOD BLESS HER!!"