Gladstone hath us in his net.

Dizzy’s gone—can we forget?

Many sessions rise and set,

Many a chance the years beget,

Northcote muffs ’em all, you bet.

Even so.

Fruitlessly we jar and fret,

Dizzy is a vain regret,

E’en Hicks-Beach is in a pet.

Censure votes fall idle yet,