BALLAD OF THE ANCIENT MEMBER.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 545, 23 January 1858, Page 5

BALLAD OF THE ANCIENT MEMBER.

» o .; ; Quorum pars magna fui.> .vizuiib v,^. r 'Aw---"Bep f ßoit."._:\' . 'J. The following lines which, have come into our possession appear '^ h4^ been intended for a .^ song a^ the onenirig dirihefr. of the. Council which 'never' came off."'The paper bears the-initials ■B^P.; awi^ s'eenftSafr'firstcsight to^ be an address lI.l)y an hoh.^enttem'an to an old comrade senan j- tor^-^i^n guying,-insej^ion to this curiosity we 7 i 6 'riot at all i*espohsible;for; it; a io }*ffl?&fhih&\si Ift^vise members of ;the; and other^rloiis persons! '- who; are: not /■ intES'^abit'of at :rraffyyiite notlto; att6mpt'#%U up the blanks., i uJ "i'-ii'&ix& .%xi;:j tmi^zLL l--;\ >y .■■*■;. ,>^- •. , Oh! dont-yeu remember Fitz Gerald, my boy? Fit^;Gefald}j^hs;used; sQ tp;teaze; \ Who soaped us all down when we yentured to r .;: £Afid frown'd!wKen we^iost wish'd to please. ; The winii [blows, fresh on Fitai Gerald,! my btiy, i. > :•£o -As h^ ploughs through the salt sea foam; • Oh! I'd like to ship for the same sort of trip, ? va: cvA«a» bejpaid^myold bdyitogo home! >■['".] ■^irvoS-i ■'.■[; 'iwSuj\i?.iivj ■■ r 'I-.. ■ <~;!,:\'.\\v. -.•■.■:<■.:•-.-. \ ;^.-Oh.f idpnjt,you remember the chamber, my boy, , v ] .','.. r-'Onrifli^Cjß^^Uiaiiientarjr Shop? \ ' WitK; tlie .^lc^g](rt;s > 'ai^ye,'*and^th'e/'.four bare '" ' And :ine Jriuh pouring in up at top. : [walls, There bills we c<Md'quietly; pass, my boy1; AndibillS'we could quietly shelve; -But now we'vie tormix among twenty and six,' ;{;;.- .I jfJwfee»4jif .the olden twelve.

ypu'ijemember J. B' n, my boy, Jrt' "The eloquent Secreta-ry? ' '*' . Who managed thiil^s here after turning you out, .[ _ ' -And^nr^uj thentutobredover* by me. In the country far distant'from town, my boy, ' ' ''■ All desolate,1 drear, and alone, <■ Some people exist among tussocks and sheep; ,-\> Andß -n looks' after his own. And don't'youßemember our stormy debates? And the nice unaccountable way —In which-two-the most bitter opponents at night ' . 'j.ls Would vote'side by side the next day? 'There were, numbers who sat on the Government In the jolly days gone by; [seats --But of all the men who were ministers then !. • , There remain but you and.L .' And don't you'remember the others, my boy? ; ; Then; wa*S-~—l sagacious and bland;i* WUhia mob who of course only listened to us; j And a whole swarm of Bs in tbe band. ' There's a change -in ;the men that we talk to, j '. my boy,'l < r - r There's a Change which may make us look i blue,I.' , But I don't think you see any changes in me; And I see:no change in you my boy! And I see no change in you.

- *This is 'rather too strong an expression for * the fact. .