NEW MEN AND OLD FACES.
[According to a writer in The Daily Chronicle, Lord Morley's face "in conformation gets more and more like Goethe's.">[
VISCOUNT, better known as plain JOHN MORLEY,
As I gather from a chatty screed,
Ever daily grows exteriorly
(Pray forgive a rhymer's urgent need)
More like GOETHE—please pronounce it "Gertie"—
Who expired soon after eighteen-thirty.
But this instance is not isolated,
As a survey of our statesmen shows;