Punch (92.1887)

26G

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[June 4, 1887.

THE CHILDREN'S JUBILEE.

Mr. Punch. "Bravo, Me. Lawson ! Success to you! Glad to see you're playing your Organ to the tune op a Thousand
Pounds to begin with. The Public will put in their Money, and the Children will—Play, in Hyde Park."

Midst volleying cheers from street to steeple,
They opened a Palace for toiling people;
All the flags were out, and the bands were
played,

To greet the advance of the cavalcade,

For the Queen and Prince from East to "West,

Were borne wherever the crowds liked best.

The Court had its pomp, and the City its feast,
And the rich "West smiled on the starving
East;

The Lords and Commons, each woman and man,
Had all their own beautiful Jubilee plan,
When at last the face of the Nation smiled,
For Charity thought of the London Child!

Oh! men who toil, and women who weep,
The cry of the London Child strikes deep !
Do you ever reflect in the hurrying street,
On their pavement games 'neath the horses'
feet!

Do you ever descend from carriage or cars,
And peep just once through the prison-bars,