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A
street must always some respect from loyal subjects claim
Which
from the House of Hanover derives its honoured name.
But
even such a favoured street acquires a new renown,
And
gives a brighter lustre to that corner of the town.
When
day by day both grave and gay are thither seen to run
With
eager anxious haste to seek the Temple of the Sun.
"The
Temple of the Sun!" (you say) "why, what may these words mean?
"We're
surely not fire worshippers nor have we ever been;
"We
do not, like the Magi, feed the ever-flaming pyre,
"Although
we all delight to stir a jolly Christmas fire;
"We
all revere the weather clear, the worthy god of day,
"But
not in an idolatrous or heathen sort of way!"
All
this, no doubt, may be most true, but come along with me,
And
in the street of Hanover, you’ll see what you shall see;
We
need not quarrel about words, not take the pedant's tone,
But
only come along with me and you at once will own
There
ne'er have been such marvels seen, in either street or square
As
Phœbus shows his worshippers at number Sixty there.
Daily Scotsman:
Jan 31, 1857
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