The mass of the House must be mad!

Whom should we ask to protect us,

My own dear Nickleby Nod?

A rowdy rot seems to infect us

And Nemesis looks leaden-shod.

Shouldn't we look to the Chair

To save us from garrulous fad,

When row-de-dow fills all the air,

And the bulk of the House is gone mad?

Cynics may find it amusing,