The political and occasional poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed Edited, with notes, by Sir George Young |
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XLVI. A MEMBER'S MUSINGS.
“Lord Althorp made a reply, but, as is almost invariably the case, the noble lord was perfectly inaudible in the gallery.”
“The reply of the noble lord was again perfectly inaudible to any one in the gallery”
—House of Commons Report, Tuesday, March 11th.
“Order, order!”—“Bar, bar!”—“Door, door!”
Such are the cries as he stands on the floor,
Waving his hand for a little while,
And wreathing his lip in a gentle smile:
We stoop our head, we strain our ear;
Nobody hears him;—“Hear, hear, hear!”
Such are the cries as he stands on the floor,
Waving his hand for a little while,
And wreathing his lip in a gentle smile:
We stoop our head, we strain our ear;
Nobody hears him;—“Hear, hear, hear!”
What is he talking of?—figures or facts?
Liberal principles?—Algerine acts?
The rise of the unions, or of stocks?
The weight of the debt, or the last prize ox?
Crops or cholera?—Jews or beer?
All of them!—none of them!—“Hear, hear, hear!”
Liberal principles?—Algerine acts?
The rise of the unions, or of stocks?
The weight of the debt, or the last prize ox?
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All of them!—none of them!—“Hear, hear, hear!”
Quick is O'Connell in debate;
Cunning is Hume to calculate;
But Hume and O'Connell their way will miss,
Trying to answer a speech like this!
“When it's a proper time to cheer,
Wake me, dear Ellice!”—“Hear, hear, hear!”
Cunning is Hume to calculate;
But Hume and O'Connell their way will miss,
Trying to answer a speech like this!
“When it's a proper time to cheer,
Wake me, dear Ellice!”—“Hear, hear, hear!”
There is a lady in a play,
Who speaks, though she does nothing say;
Fortune has brought us a lord in her freaks,
Who just says nothing, though he speaks.
What in the papers will appear?
Only “Lord Althorp,” and “Hear, hear, hear!”
Who speaks, though she does nothing say;
Fortune has brought us a lord in her freaks,
Who just says nothing, though he speaks.
What in the papers will appear?
Only “Lord Althorp,” and “Hear, hear, hear!”
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