(The sign of Gladstone or the mark of Moses.)
Kings, Lords and Ladies, Statesmen, Whigs and Tories.
No painter of great sprawling Allegories
Ever yet packed into so small a compass
So many who've won fame—or raised a rumpus.
A précis of a twelvemonth's work and babble is
This summary of the great Annus Mirabilis.
Perpend, Tobias. Hand me up the pointer.
Listen, O World! and, Time, thou great disjointer
Of hearts and epochs, stand awhile at gaze,