Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Technology

    Reflects on the completion of a submarine telegraph between England and France. Notes the speed with which messages will be sent between these nations and asks, 'What great marvel could a wizard boast? / No worse explosion, no more fearful shock'. Expects the rapid transmission of news through the telegraph will cause 'fish that flock / Around it' to 'gape with all their jaws'.