Or judge astute; or member of ‘the other

House;’ pregnant perforce with weighty matters;

‘Petitions’ humbly praying to abolish

Slavery and ‘hard times.’ ‘Bills’ to promote

The better culture of morality

And morus multicaulis! Mayhap a brief

And formal letter to a brother member,

In courteous phrase requesting leave to shoot him.

‘Notes,’ ‘Resolutions,’ ‘Speeches’ of vast length,

And just adapted to produce what thou