“Sleep, Mr. Speaker, and dream of the time

When loyalty was not yet quite a crime,

When Grant was a pupil in Canning’s school,

And Palmerston fancied Wood was a fool.

Lord! how principles pass away!

Sleep, Mr. Speaker, sleep while you may.”

W. M. Praed.

——:o:——

MY HEART AND LUTE.

I give thee all,—I can no more,—