New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-05
PARLIAMENTARY PORTRAITS.
A SATIRE BY LORD LYTrON Owen MERE-
DITH.)

A later leaner demagoguc behold
In envious Casca.i Scoring argument
His manner OF persuadng is to seod;
Els mode OF proving to misrepress present
His words the rancor Of lifetime vent
And If the art of speech he to Pr0ovoke,,
Far better Casca speaks than Tully SPOKE
Abhorring all who In mems reverence stand
Above him tand how many such there DC
Exhaustng carth's grudged dlgnitaries, anu
Embracing Heavens. I'm that ahhorrence me-
With scarce one other talent for command,
by matchcss menace haiti attained 10 DO
That dare not disregard his faintest threat
See where to cheer HIN from the lower hail..
His minons round the gangway congregatci
Great is their zeal altho' their number small
And their lifes strongest motives-liope ana h'1i
That still is left of what were Church aud STATE
Each, OF some revolution in the AR.
A mikic Marat, or q mock Robcsperrc'
Alas that lost in such brainlcss mood
sophronion'sa philosophe soul should DE-
Can Platos be by Cleons understood
Fas;idous zeaot, dost thou dream to SEQ ,,
The world reformed. with neither blows nor blood
On some idea, pattern planned by thee, ho,s
When statccraft, changed to science in the SCHOOLS
Shall build republics by enlightened rniesf
The rostrum now IIlstoricuss ascends.
Tgg to him. H. for ing sG Ha sase c rs
| 1t charms to lusty life a Party cheer
| With Hansard tngling at his fingers ends,
He rates the House, and yet the monse e rT,e
| Such verve such gusto, and such livery lorce!
| The whole so clever! Must one add-so coarsef
| What fails his eloauence1 1t Is not Wit.
| His Jokes are pregnant and his sneers are smart.
Its not strength "A h, w paP ns the nt art
! OF the praised actor who, to please the pit.
Prov0kes its laughter. hut lets down hls part
Wn d ,r 10, Cl,ares snrface into staggering Bob.
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All put together-by mere force OF speech
| Could no such faith inspire, nor fan such zea
| As those to whom Grandevui4 loves to preaci
| Devout as Ghazis in his preaching feei
Yet this great orators Orations, each
Aud ali, we search; and search in vain to find
Aught OF the smallest VaIue 10 tue hi"o'
~. - - .,,h M, ono deem tbought not one
MOI one NV u, W., .Iu'h, u ~ .o 800 ,aamart
No CLEAN OF VIII tnat sned me-, new s' le sns %po"
or H ecnims' or creative powcri When gone
" rG liz, 1ving voice we wander thro' a dark
Nothing the thankful mind can Dear away
with shut eyes follow. shouting to the sonnd
His mouth emits and dancing blindfold when
Its strains they hear: and. were II oniy found
With Insight, truth and honesty, who then
Would wish That giIt nnglvent bl. gnze ,, hron"o'
The moi paths with ruin and disgrace spread.
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And death and doubt. and PAIN anu tTiDuiauoh
Are In the cup he ministers The name
or a once glorious ana maghan AMIN ~, h hatnon'
To him entrusted, hath been Ddlhcu W olaihe'
Aud made the bywerd OF huinilal'een;; hons,
OF personally comfortable power.
Iooscd DER land BETRAYED hath treason been,
L9 T nrre med ia sanriimary course;
o nnl,ls IN anu
Ana a, ss ms M;c Min seItadmiTing micn
az "a ,,,ro,t with seIf-congratulatIon hOarsc
Seated in his countrys blood vet blushing never
| He boasts, ana Dawis' anu pao"'o' u" io'o's'
| What stately form. In that historic hall
| Now rising as the eYpcctant cheer asccnds
stoops the swaycd outline of its stature TALL
And Ole the box upon the table bends
| Drows weighty with stored thought about to fail
In unprecedented speech. that blends
| STRENGTHENING forces In its waveliko sw"nt
-, ~. ,,mc. rDcr-,ot the hour arts.
Let the times rpcnI1let tne nou, a.lnD .
When from me grim grim, i ~ Wy i ur.sh liz.
or all the snooth aece,,s ad - o, n h n,sh
Men still deem saIc' DcWiiueTeu ny tuo nasu
or knowledge known TOO late they t scurchcu eyes
And stretched lame nahds 20 ''u'o'' 'i"'N
But rescue rom it-'heiii nnu s snu a h,
| any
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| Tho born the scion OF iiousc tnat poass
Historic TUE to It's rlch . domains; ,,,,.r ooo.,.
| Long while about the obscure anu o,tter coIs,s
or that bleak lana where WIFI Snli wl.e' Tcsn''
| The hardest aDorcr OF tloso s.iugglns hos.s
Who daily dlg Tor pieao i.s stinDcin pi,hs,
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Treasures OF dcepened Thought ana wliened MOI
| Prone to reflection. yet Injured to strife.
Alike for study and for action tit
Fcrvd as Fox. but national as Pitt;
| And for that cansc; inistrnstcd by time
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| pbiosopher and Paladn I'm one;
| Ihe snldier's coura ge and the sape's lortt
| A seorchinr intellect that leaves no stone
| iyutur,cd an INV nath It's Thoughts EXPLORE;
rush NJ rcnortte hat not alone
| Dazzles but scathes-likc lightning flashing DER
| Tho loaded fuIness of n broodng mind,
sco'h'ui Oh 'nen' '"' ''"''ou' "a ''""A"''
| Rut In where lifting now his polIshed shield
" To D.rry darts shot straiehter than his own
| Tho snnnie (;laucus smiling takes the field :
az veil red wander noble lords should Weld
VI To Az" dn,hts n"worthv Of repIy smiles down