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My Lords are not aware. [poem]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, England: Punch, XXVIII, p. 94, March 10, 1855
NOTES
7 verses of 8 lines: "A Clerk in public pay,/ Who understands Red Tape,..."
Seven verses of eight lines beginning: "A Clerk in public pay,/ Who understands Red Tape,..." Each verse ends "My Lords are not aware,/And 'I have the honour to be'," apart from the last verse that replaces "I" for "we." The poem is an indictment of the condition of the British army fighting the Crimean War -- mouldy food, inadequate clothing, lack of ammunition, and the poor condition of horses for the cavalry. The result being "Our gallant soldiers die/ Like sheep, consumed with rot ..." Dodgson took a great interest in the Crimean War, noting set-backs, triumphs and progress in his diary.
SUBJECT
Periodicals
Poems 1800-1900
Punch (London, England)
LANGUAGE
English
PART OF
Lewis Carroll Scrapbook at the Library of Congress, page 7
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Washington, D.C. 20540
DIGITAL ID
lchtml 000705
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lchtml.000705
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