In 1845, during the discussions on the Midland lines before the Committee
of the House of Commons, Mr. Hill, the Counsel, was addressing the
Committee, when Sir John Rae Reid, who was a member of it, handed the
following lines to the chairman:—
“Ye railway men, who mountains lower,
Who level locks and valleys fill;
Who thro’ the _hills_ vast tunnels _bore_;
Must now in turn be _bored by Hill_.”