Poem by Thomas Hood

On the Statues in Trafalgar Square

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.

1. Written in Keats' “Endymion”
2. The Two Peacocks of Bedfont
3. Song (The stars are with the voyager)
4. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Clapham Academy
5. The Two Swans

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