The earl can last but a few years more;
My Lord in the Peers will take his place;
Her Majesty’s councils his words will grace.
Office he’ll hold, and patronage sway;
Fortunes and lives he will vote away.
And what are his qualifications?—ONE!
He’s the Earl of Fitzdotterel’s eldest son.
Robert Barnabas Brough.
HIDING THE SKELETON
AT dinner she is hostess, I am host.