How safe ye are, and how serene,

With JOSEPH on your side.

He talks no more of "Ransom"

('Tis P-e-n-s-i-o-n rather now),

Brum JOE will not go

Where the Hawarden winds do blow;

Where HARCOURT thunders loud and long,

And Gladstonians blare and blow.

The Orchid from his button

JOE's willing to displace,