Voided spleen's venomed vials.

But gay or gloomy, fluent or infirm,

None heeded their dull drawls, of hours' duration.

The House was clearly in for a long term

Of desolate stagnation.

The SPEAKER yawned upon his Chair, he found

It tiring work, a placid brow to furrow,

To sit out speeches arguing round and round,

From County or from Borough.

The Members, like wild rabbits, scudded through