His muse every bookseller's counter encumbers,
But his friends in the City buy up all his numbers.
HOW EUROPE MAY BE SAVED!
A recipe, from a Neapolitan pen, authorized by King Bomba, of Naples!
"Take the English people, strip 'em, rob 'em, kick 'em out of England, making of 'em—even as the Hebrews—dealers in hare-skins and old clothes! When this is done, take London, and turn it topsy-turvy, ruinous like Jerusalem! Let the English House of Commons sit by the waters of the Danube and weep; and let English Bishops sell maccaroni, and English merchants vend water-melons to the Lazzaroni of Naples! Then Europe will be safe. When the House of Hanover is placed upon a cinder-heap of Mount Vesuvius, then may Europe, in the depths of her tranquillity, sweetly rejoice!"
And the King of Naples read the foregoing, and said "Let it be forthwith printed, and let Britannia forthwith prepare herself to become a Jewess." Only to think—the British Lion a Lion of Judah! The White Horse of Hanover, a Jerusalem Pony!
New Comic Song to be Sung at the Cave of Harmony.
(Respectfully dedicated to the author of "The Newcomes.")
Mr. Punch sings.