EPITAPH ON LORD JOHN RUSSELL, WHO EXPIRED POLITICALLY, AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS, ON MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1841.
In Minto quies.
Beneath this stone lies Johnny Russell,
Who for his place had many a tussel.
Trying one day the corn to cut down,
The motion fail’d, and he was put down.
The benches which he nearly grew to,
The Opposition quickly flew to;
The fact it was so mortifying,
That little Johnny took to dying.