Nor falling dew of autumn time—yet stay,
He notes the falling due of quarter-day.
Last scene of all that ends this strange career
Is utter friendlessness. Not one kind tear
On his account philanthropists can wring;
He dies sans home, sans friends, sans everything.
The Hornet, January 1, 1868.
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The Politician’s Seven Ages.
[The seven ages of a politician might be enumerated somewhat as follows. It may be necessary to premise that Cranbourne Alley was the name given by the profane to the followers of Lord Salisbury, then Lord Cranbourne, when he voted against the Ministerial Reform Bill.]