The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

"He didn't think the style would suit him!"

I offered him a county seat,

And made no end of an oration;

I made it certainty complete,

And introduced the deputation.

But no—the clown my prospect blights—

(The worth of birth it surely teaches!)

"Why should I want to spend my nights

In Parliament, a-making speeches?