And, re-electing you by acclamation,
The Parliament has acted for the nation,
Which, while acknowledging the Members' nous,
Congratulates not you, Sir, but the House.
'Tis fourteen years since you were called to bear
The heavy burdens of your "perilous Chair"—
What years, what burdens! Yet your steadfast mien
Has never failed to dominate the scene.
Others have found the post a giant's robe
Or lacked the needful patience of a Job;