PARLIAMENTARY RHYMES.
The following, says, the Welling toa correspondent of a Taranaki contemporary, has been going the round of the House of Representatives, and is supposed to express the sentiments of the disappointed members of the Opposition : — And why stands Stafford idly now, Amazement gathering on Ms brow, Since Yogel gains the votes the while, And struggles through the deep defile ? "What checks the soul of bold John Hall, Why sits that plucky bird so small, In action in such need; And sees from out his fluttering band A Fox with accents sweet and bland, His chicks seductive lead ? What vails Fitzherbert's cunning wile, Or J. C. Richmond's words like ile? Oh ! Creighton for thy lance! Oh ! for one hour of Reader wight, Or Gillies, skilled to rule the fight, And cry for Auckland and our right ! Another sight would then be seen, If heads were counted well, I ween.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 187, 10 August 1870, Page 2
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