Would fail, if the Lords should depart;
As the Queen is the Hand, and the Commons the Head,
Of the nation the Lords are the Heart.
You are old, Noble Senate, the young Rad cried,
And I think you should now clear away,
Yet you all seem determined to stick to your House,
Now tell me the reason, I pray.
Whatever we may be, the Peers’ House replied,
We are English and pluck do not lack;
We shall never desert a good cause we espouse,