“Since then, by her unhamper’d, up fame’s ladder I have scamper’d,
And run through all our snug berths in a trice;
I’ve been Bursar, Dean, Professor, Public Orator, Assessor,
And sat on a commission once or twice.
I’ve told quite different stories to the Liberals and Tories;
I’ve snarl’d among the Radicals, “Retrench!”
But I really should not wonder if my friend Lord Blood-and-Thunder,
On the very next occasion, should transfer me to the Bench.
So really let me beg you on that portion of my tale,
Will you kindly, will you kindly draw a veil, draw a veil?