Social Commentaries

On Steam

by Thomas Hood 1799–1845

From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood

Social Commentaries

I wish I livd a Thowsen year Ago
Wurking for Sober six and Seven milers
And dubble Stages runnen safe and slo
The Orsis cum in Them days to the Bilers
But Now by means of Powers of Steam forces
A-turning Coches into Smoakey Kettels
The Bilers seam a Cumming to the Orses
And Helps and naggs Will sune be out of Vittels
Poor Bruits I wunder How we bee to Liv
When sutch a change of Orses is our Faits
No nothink need Be sifted in a Siv
May them Blowd ingins all Blow up their Grates
And Theaves of Oslers crib the Coles and Giv
Their blackgard Hannimuls a Feed of Slaits!

MLA

Hood, Thomas. “On Steam.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/118/.

Chicago

Hood, Thomas. “On Steam.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/118/.

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