But pass beyond the Speaker's ordinance,
Which all obey—or ought to, if they don't?
A black cloud hovers o'er the Cape: there come
Glimpses of dark men we have made our foes.
Once more I hear the rumour steal abroad
Of an election-time approaching near;
And who can tell the upshot? Will the rout
Whom I enfranchised not so long ago
Shake off the yoke of Tory Government,
And bring the Liberals in instead? Who knows?