THE GREAT TWIN BRETHREN.
["I do not wish to call Mr. GLADSTONE by a name which would be both tasteless and pointless."—Mr. A.V. Dicey's Letter to the Times.]
Tasteless and pointless, DICEY? Well, the time is out of joint,
And you were born to set it right, though not with "taste" and "point."
We cannot all do all things, Sir, and if you save the State
(As the great Twin Brethren mean to in despite of HARCOURT's hate),
What does it matter, DICEY, if your letters are not quite
In that style epistolary, which our fathers called "polite"?
'Tis a little too meticulous—in you—and rather late,
After giving Mr. GLADSTONE such a wholesome slashing "slate."