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