Next, I saw with heartfelt pleasure, came an agricultural measure;

For methought no member surely over this dry Bill will pore—

They will not discuss its details, they will never o’er it pore;

Merely pass it—nothing more.

“So I thought, until up-glancing, I beheld a form advancing

From the seats below the gangway, boldly out upon the floor,

‘Stay,’ mused I; ‘I know that figure. Yes, it is—it must be Biggar!’

Through the House there passed a snigger, but my heart was very sore;

For he caught my eye, confound him! and my heart was very sore;

Hope was left in it no more.