Aftonbladet – 20 maj 1864, sida 3

Bland talande vittnesbörd om den allmänna opinionen i England i afseende påj Preussen, kan man ar föra följande verser i Punch, som så ofta är en trogen tolk för stämningen hos den stora engelska allmänheten: Take back thy order. Take back, and in thy dastards face, As hard as Englands might can fling, Thy badge that would a dog disgrace, Thou cnitiff that art named a King: Thy brow is crimson with a brand Öutglaring Cains; he slew but one. Durst thou stretch forth thy r.d right hand To decorate Victorias son? Kar p thy Black Eagle for thine own, Meet emblem, sign of blood and prey, Apt symbol for a telons throne, Hence with that type of erime, away! Foul thing! our Prince as well might wear A halter round his royal neck, Ås on his breast that banble bear, None but a scoundrels fit to deck. Not Alfreds breast: another place Is where thine Eagle should be spread, Mid kites and erows, among the r Of vermin. nailed on barn or shed. And strucwres if there were to choose The vilest of them would, before All others, be the one to use, Sticking thy Order on its door. Black Eagle, murders proper meed! Well doth its colour match the stain Of guilt, that dyes that cowards deed Who female slew and inlant Dane. s are for blackguards White feather who with bla No English Prince shall be a Knight Or such black Chivalry as thine.