TRINIDAD : THEN AND NOW. 



There be several chosen Councillors — 



The wisest in the land, 

 Who just now by the Governor 



Do morn and evening stand. 

 And with one voice these Councillors 



Have their glad counsel shown — 

 4t Go forth ! go forth ! Sir Governor ! 



Go forth and save the town. ' * 



Then forth went the gallant Governor 



To the stately market-place ; 

 Went to harangue the riotous bands 



And meet them face to face. 

 And fearless out he boldly spoke, 



'Mid cheers and shouts so gay ; 

 " I've come to have a little talk 



With you, my friends, to-day ' 9 



44 I'm not afraid to trust myself 



Amongst you in your fun ; 

 The police were wrong, the thing 's a hoax 



And all's been overdone. 

 The 44 bobbies " all shall go away, 



The soldiers leave the town, 

 And you may do just as you please 



If you don 't burn it down. ' ' 



And now with yells the mob is gone, 



The Governor homeward bent, 

 The police shut up — the soldiers gone — 



The town to maskers lent. 

 And thus my lay comes to a close, 



We 've all of us been sold ! 

 'Tis past — perchance in future time 

 Some other bard will sing the rhyme, 



Of the brave days of old. 



MACAULAY EEDIVIVUS. 



It may be thought or asserted that the Gover- 

 nor's words : 



M I've come to have a little taik 

 With yoi my Mmfa to-day." 



