  AMONGST THE MOTLEY CHARACTERS AND COMBINATIONS IN THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS MAY BE FOUND A Duke, an Erle, a Bannerman, A Barron, and a Knight; A Northland Lord, a Denison, With Manners most polite. A Kirk and Chaplin still remain, Tho' the House has lost its Clerk; But a Parrott's there to say amen, And a Fox and Woulfe to bark! Saint Andrew, holy man, is gone, Who Knightley, Neeld, and Praed, A Haytor And Sunday Baker trade. A Leader, and a Crewe with Spiers, Conspire against A'Court; But Dick declares, and Darby swears, No-el is meant nor Hurt. They've hunted Roebuck from his hold, And Buck-ingham and Bruen; But a Sheppard stays to guard the fold, And save the flock from ruin! There's Cow-per, Bull-ers, and Knatch-bull, With Lamb-ton, Hinde, and Hogg; A brace of Martins, Finch, and Hawkes, And Pusey in a Bagge! There's Moles-worth, Duck-worth, Cod-rington, Three Roches and a Seale; A Rose, a Plumptre, and a Reid, With Hawes and Lemon Peel. A Bold-ero, with Muskett armed, Goes thro' the Woods to Chute; He fires some Rounds, and then brings down A Heron and Wilde Coote! Great Dan, with his smooth Winning-ton, Contrives his Poyntz to Wynn; For his supple tail has stronger grown, Tho', alas! he's lost his Finn! Two Baillies and an Irish Maher, And Burroughes, Power, a Bewes; Two Tory Woods, a Forester, With Hastie, Vigor, Hughes! A Cave, a Loch, a Hill, a Fort, A Divett, and a Trench; A Fleming and a Bruges, Guest, With Holland, Folkes and Ffrench. A Hob-house, Wode-house, Powers-court, Two Est-courts and a Hall; The Hutt, alas! they've undermined, And left a Black-stone, Wall! A Marshall-Law, with Power, C. Vere, And Foley and Strange-ways; Three Palmers on a pilgrimage, A Gally in a Hayes! Tho' North and West are both displaced, An East-hope has been gained; While East-nor, East and West-enra, Their stations have maintain'd! Camp-bells we have, and Durham Bowes, With one Northumbrian Bell; From Stirlingshire they've sent For-bes, To Lisburn for Mey-nell! Tho' Beau-clerk and Beau-mont are gone, We've Fellowes, Hale and Young, In Style to carry on the Ball, And dash and Strutt a Long. A Horsman with Fre-mantle trots Two Miles to Wynn a Pryse; Two Walkers, Pryme, the distance run, More confident than Wyse. A Chapman with his Packe and Price, A Potter with his Clay; A Fresh-field, Baring, Pease, and Rice, A thriving Field-en Hay. A Carter, Coopers, Turners, Smiths, A Collier with his Coles; A Master-Cartwright with his Maule, A Bolling-Green and Bowles. A Black-burn, Blew-itt, and Brown-rigge, And Black-ett, White, and Grey; With double Scarlett, Orange-Peel, And Brown and Green-away. There's Crawford, Wood, and Pattison, And Barings passing Rich; With Money-penny and a Grote, And Grimston and Grimsditch. There's Rum-bold, Tancred, and Phill-potts, A Butler from Kilkenny; A Heath-coat, Thorn-hill, and Broad-wood, With Mild-may and Ma-hony. A Bodkin, Sharpe, Kent Hodges, Blunt, A Miller and a Baker; With sinners, saints, and Methodists, Socinians, and a Quaker! Staunch Papists, Presbyterians, And Churchmen great and small; With Mathew, Mark, and Luke, and John, Old Adam and St. Paul! |
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