Talking by night, and talking by day,
Sleep, Mr. Speaker, sleep while you may.
Sleep, Mr. Speaker, slumber lies
Light and brief on a Speaker’s eyes.
Fielden or Finn in a minute or two
Some disorderly thing will do;
Riot will chase repose away,
Sleep, Mr. Speaker, sleep while you may.
“Sleep, Mr. Speaker, sweet to men
Is the sleep that cometh but now and then,