THE BABES ON THE TREASURY BENCH.
["The leader of the Opposition had treated them to good logic, but why administer such strong meat to the babes on the Treasury bench?"—Mr. Courtney on the Parish Councils Bill.]
We have heard of the Babes in the Wood,
And the ruffians greedy and cruel,
Who (as Ingoldsby said in gay mood)
Conspired for to "give them their gruel";
But pitiful bosoms will blench
At this vision of Balfour the sinister,
To Babes on the Treasury Bench
Presuming his dose to administer!