Which I, poor pote, Could not denote, No, not in twinty vollums. My Muse's words Is like the bird's That roosts beneath the panes there; Her wings she spoils 'Gainst them bright toiles, And cracks her silly brains there. This Palace tall, This Cristial Hall, Stands in High Park Like Noah's Ark, A rainbow bint above it. The towers and fanes, 'Tis here that roams, Victoria Great, And houlds in state The Congress of the Nations, Her subjects pours Her Injians and Canajians; And also we, Her kingdoms three, Attind with our allagiance. Here come likewise Both Asian and Europian; I seen (thank Grace!) That gave the pass, And let me see what is there). With conscious proide I stud insoide And look'd the World's Great Fair in, Until me sight Was dazzled quite, And couldn't see for staring. There's holy saints And window paints, There's fountains there And crosses fair; There's water-gods with urrns: There's organs three, To play d'ye see? "God save the Queen," by turrns. There's statues bright Of marble white, Of silver, and of copper; And some in zinc, And some, I think, That isn't over proper. There's staym ingynes, There's carts and gigs, There's dibblers and there's harrows, And ploughs like toys And ilegant wheelbarrows. For thim genteels Who ride on wheels, There's plenty to indulge 'em : There's droskys snug From Paytersbug, And vayhycles from Bulgium. There's cabs on stands There's waggons from New York here; Have cross'd the seas, And jaunting cyars from Cork here. Amazed I pass From glass to glass, Deloighted I survey 'em ; Fresh wondthers grows Before me nose In this sublime Musayum ! Look, here's a fan A sabre from Damasco: From far Thibet, And cotton prints from Glasgow. There's German flutes, And Naples macaronies; Has sent Bohay; There's granite flints That's quite imminse, There's sacks of coals and fuels, There's taypots there, And cannons rare ; There's coffins fill'd with roses; There's canvas tints, Teeth insthrumints, And shuits of clothes by MOSES. There's lashins more But thim I don't remimber; Nor could disclose Did I compose From May time to Novimber! Ah, JUDY thru ! With eyes so blue, That you were here to view it! And could I screw But tu pound tu, 'Tis I would thrait you to it! So let us raise And Albert's proud condition, As he surveys MOLONY'S LAMENT. O TIM, did you hear of thim Saxons, They're bint, the blagyards, to destroy, And now having murdthered our counthry, They're goin to kill the Viceroy, Dear boy; 'Twas he was our proide and our joy' And will we no longer behould him, I liked for to see the young haroes, All shoining with sthripes and with stars, A horsing about in the Phaynix, And winking the girls in the cyars, A smokin' their poipes and cigyars. |