Punch: Punch (76.1879)

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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [January 18, 1879.

ATTAINING HER MAJORITY.

Bravo, ma belle ! You've done right well

Accept my warm felicitations!
This hour should ring reaction's knell,

And silence faction's fulminations.
'Twill not, I fear; hut you, my dear,

Have now attained your right majority,
And to the shouts of hate or fear

May show a calm superiority.

Calm ! Let elation's fiery thrill
Not stir you from that patient standing

On simple right with steadfast will,
Which makes your attitude commanding.

John Bull to La Republique.

The hope of many struggling days
Has grown to solid actuality;

You've silenced fears, extorted praise,
By moderation and legality.

But fight it out on that same line,

Be calm and cool as you are clever;
The olive with your laurels twine,

And the Red Spectre's laid for ever.
But there are those amongst your foes

Who '11 seek that Bogey's resurrection,
And their dark workings to oppose,

Will need your wariest circumspection.

Pardon this preachment at a time

When paeans might appear more proper;
The caution of a cooler clime

Of sympathy is no estopper.
Not one true heart throughout our land,

Without reserve of rank or party,
But sends by Punch's clasping hand,

Congratulations warm and hearty!

Bismarck's New Drastic Treatment for
Germany.—Iron v. Blood (suspended pro
tern.)