I venture to suggest that I
⁠Am rather noticeably fit
To hold the seat illumined by
⁠The names of Palmerston and Pitt.

My principles are such as you
⁠Have often heard expressed before:
They are, without exception, true;
⁠And who can say, with candour, more?

My views concerning Church and State
⁠Are such as Bishops have professed:
I need not recapitulate
⁠The arguments on which they rest.

Respecting Ireland, I opine
⁠That Ministers are in a mess,
That Landlords rule by Right Divine,
⁠That Firmness will remove Distress.

I see with horror undisguised
⁠That freedom of debate is dead:
The Liberals are organised:
⁠The Caucus rears its hideous head.

Yet need'st thou, England, not despair
⁠At Chamberlain's or Gladstone's pride,
While Henry Cecil Raikes is there
⁠To organise the other side.