A poet (not a puny 'un)

Who raves about the Union,

And hymns the States Communion,

Takes none the less his meal.


In the City. Thursday Last.

First Member of Stock Exchange (Unionist). I say, Jones, you weren't in it! Why didn't you join us marching in procession, with Clarke carrying the Union Jack, eh?

Second Member of the House. Why didn't I join you? Because I didn't want to make a Union-Jack-ass of myself!

[Exit, before the retort is possible.


A Pair of Spectacles.

(After hearing a much interrupted Speech in the Commons.)