["This Bill was 'selling the pass.'"—Sir William Byles, in the House, on The Military Service Bill.]
"What though against our sacred front
They muster, miles on miles,
I am resolved to stick the brunt,"
Said bold Horatius Byles;
"For Liberty I'll take my stand,
Just like a stout Berserk,
And still defend with bloody brand
Our glorious Right to Shirk.
"We've Simon, worth four columns' length;