Either, Mackintosh may be;
And—(not his merits to disparage),
Spring Rice is Printanier au ris.
"For fish—that bench the Speaker's left on
Out-rivals Groves', to all beholders;
No one can see my good Lord Sefton
But thinks of a cod's head and shoulders!
"Brougham's crooked shifts, and talents boasted,
His slippery tricks no more conceal:
Dragg'd into light, cut up, and roasted,