The Prodigals.
(After Mr. Austin Dobson’s famous ballade.)
[Dedicated to Mr. Chaplin, M.P., and Mr. Richard Power,
M.P., and 223 who followed them.]
Ministers!—you, most serious,
Critics and statesmen of all degrees,
Hearken awhile to the motion of us,—
Senators keen for the Epsom breeze!
Nothing we ask of posts or fees;
Worry us not with objections pray!
Lo,—for the Speaker’s wig we seize