[Mr. Chamberlain at the opening of Parliament wore a red orchid in his buttonhole.]
Of colour-symbols much we hear,
And something, too, of colour-music;
But here's a sight that much I fear
Will make the beaten Red Rad crew sick:
Red! 'Tis the hue of my old flag—
In days that are as dead as mutton;
Now, with the instinct of a wag,
I sport it still,—but at my button.
It signifies how much I care