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,

Sweet to the weary, sweet to the ill,

Sweet to the children that work in the mill.