Punch,  31 (1856), 232.

The Londoner's Petition

Anon

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Pollution, Public Health, Disease, Engineering, Amateurism


    Asks the troubled Big Ben to 'Save us' from a number of problems affecting London, including the 'pestilent flow of London's sewage' and 'amateur engineering notions'.



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