If any village failed in its tribute U Po Kyin took punitive measures—gangs of dacoits attacked the village, leading villagers were arrested on false charges, and so forth—and it was never long before the amount was paid up.

I urged to the good lady that this was Christmas-eve; that Christmas comes but once a year,—which is unhappily too true, for when it begins to stay with us the whole year round we shall make this earth a very different place.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

But the most industrious melodiser of Shelley was Dolores (Elizabeth Dickson), who had published at least a dozen songs with Shelley titles not named above.