Volume 93 — The Plentiful Lac.
Reading edition
[The Rajah of Kupurthala, emulating the Nizam, has offered five lacs towards the defence of the frontiers of India.]
The Laureate, patriot of sense, Writes with a pungent pen Of "That eternal lack of pence Which vexeth public men." But India's public men, with pride, In Princes such as these, Will find their "lack of pence" supplied By—a lac of rupees!