The Troublesome Trio.

Appearing nightly during the Performance of “Impatience,” at St. Stephen’s.

We’ve long opined the House should prove a sort of hornet’s nest;

At least to turn it into one we’ve done our little best;

And though our pranks upon ourselves no credit seem to bring,

Still, when the Grand Old Man’s our game—we’re up to anything!

We gibe at him like this, we snap at him like that;

We yawn or laugh: sometimes we chaff, or contradict him flat;

And, if he make a slip,