“Come, run with me to High Street quick,

And show to the Gazette

How to display this joyful news

In type triumphant set;

How fine upon the bill ’twill be

To read “Great Virtual Victory!”

“But tell me,” Rowlands answered him,

“What ’vantage we shall gain,

When Bright will sit, and Bright will vote,

While Churchill’s with the slain?”