On the Death of the Giraffe
They say, God wot!
She died upon the spot:
But then in spots she was so rich,—
I wonder which?
On the Removal of a Menagerie
Let Exeter Change lament its change,
Its beasts and other losses—
Another place thrives by its case,
Now Charing has two Crosses.
On Her Majesty’s Visit to the City, 1844
We’ve heard of comets, blazing things,
With “fear of change” perplexing Kings;
But, lo! a novel sight and strange,
A Queen who does not fear a ‘Change!