Social Commentaries
On the Trafalgar Square Statues
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
If Nelson looks down on a couple of Kings,
However it pleases the Loyals;
'Tis after the fashion of nautical things,
A sky-scraper over the Royals.
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MLA
Hood, Thomas. “On the Trafalgar Square Statues.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/137/.
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Hood, Thomas. “On the Trafalgar Square Statues.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/137/.
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