The lamplighter

Poem describes work of lamplighter and hints at request for a tip. Poem describes work of lamplighter and hints at request for a tip. Poetry. Caption title. Within border of type ornaments. Wood-engraving of lamplighter climbing ladder between title and poem. At head of title: January 1, 1818. This comes greeting! A suit is instituted as regular in custom as the year comes round, in a civil action as set forth in the writ against the body politic, by the plaintiff, legally termed The Lamplighter. Poem in four four-line stanzas with two-line refrain and one six-line stanza with two-line refrain.