Punch,  42 (1862), 114.

Whistling for a Wind. A Nautical Ballad

Anon

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Government, Education


    Relates the story of 'the good ship Guv'ment' in 1862, which includes a portrait 'Capt'n Pam' [Henry J Temple (3rd Viscount Palmerston)], who criticized 'Gunner Lewis' [Palmerston's War Secretary George C Lewis] for being 'at his guns when he should be, / A study in' of the Ancients and their Astronomie'.



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