The first, a haughty lord with fire doth speak,
The next, less eloquent, is mild and meek.
For long the Tories could no better show,
But now the last[61] will oust the other two.
Alfred.
Three Statesmen in our happy island dwell,
S. N. and C.—their names I may not tell.
The first a nobleman of high degree;
The next a commoner; each chief would be.