THE FREE TORCH REAM.
A DITTY, AFTER MR. THOMAS MOORE; SUGGESTED BY LORD J. RUSSELL'S DENUNCIATION OF TORCH-LIGHT MEETINGS, AND DEDICATED TO THE MELBOURNE MINISTRY.
Oh! the days are gone, when mobs might meet
By day or night ; When the chosen cry in Downing Street
Was "Light, more light."
Still, at times. afar Reform's pale star, With flickering spark may gleam ;
But DO More they greet, in Downing Street,
The Free Torch Beam ;
! no more they greet, in Downing Street,
The Free Torch Beam.
By "Palace lights" may Statesmen dine,
And place hold fast :
They may win the Court, that frown'd, to shine
All smiles, at last; But in regal hall The feast shall pall, And regal pomp seem tame,
Weigh'd with that hour, when led to power By Freedom's flame, At the People's voice, with the People's choice, Those Statesmen came. • • • • [We cannot decipher the poet's signature. Ile will perceive that we have omitted the third staoza—for reasons.]
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