With quivering lips and with throbbing brow;
For there full oft have I sat in vain,
Till the day has peeped through the window pane;
’Twas there I was badgered; ’twas there I heard
My solemn rulings declared absurd—
But I loved it! I loved it! and cannot tear
My soul from that once-prized Grand Old Chair.”
As the above is being softly sung, the Speaker Elect, attracted by the sound, returns to the House, and remains an unobserved listener till the conclusion of the song, when, remarking Mr. Peel’s presence, the Ex-Speaker thus addresses him:—
“Ah, ’tis well, my new successor,
Aye, ’tis meet you thus have found me