Poem by Thomas Hood

On a Certain Equestrian Statue at the Royal Exchange

Whoever has looked upon Wellington’s breast, 
Knows well that he’s not so full in the chest; 
But the sculptor, to humour the Londoners partial, 
Has turn’d the lean Duke to a plump City Marshal. 

1. Sonnet on Receiving a Gift
2. The World Is with Me
3. Sonnet (By ev'ry sweet tradition of true hearts)
4. Lines on Seeing My Wife and Two Children Sleeping in the Same Chamber
5. Ballad (Spring it is cheery)

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