Threatened Rome when on Carthage her wrath she was wreaking;
And that Cato the Censor had shown greater sense, or
Discernment, by crying "Delenda est Peking!"
But alas! all these stories of China's old glories,
Mr. Punch plainly sees it is vain to recall,
Since the course of the nation in civilisation
Has for ages been typified best by its wall.
No more, like his sires, the Chinese aspires
In science and art to be making some new step;
But the national skill, like a soldier on drill,