I. THB @3Mail@1 says, that Hanover's King Twenty Thousand men will bring, And make the "base bog-trotters" sing A @3pillileu;@1 And that O'Connell high shall swing, And others too. II. There is a tale of Athens told, Worth at least its weight in gold To fellows of King Ernest's mould (The royal rover), Who think men may be bought and sold, Or ridden over. III. Darius (an imperial wretch, A Persian Ernest, or Jack Ketch,) Bid his knaves from Athens fetch "Earth and water," Or else the heralds' necks he'd stretch, And Athens slaughter. IV. The Athenians threw them in a well, And left them there to help themsel', And when his armies came, pell-mell, They tore his banners, And sent his slaves in shoals to hell, To mend their manners. V. Let those who bring and those who send Hanoverians, comprehend Persian-like may be their end, And the "bog-trotter" May drown their knaves, their banners rend, Their armies slaughter. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH IN JANUARY by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL; WRITTEN IN GERMANY by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE THREE KINGS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW FELISE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE LIGHT OF ASIA by EDWIN ARNOLD |