The Westminster Alice

by H.H. Munro (SAKI)

The Aged Man

(With apologies to Sir John Tenniel.)]

I shook him well from side to side Until his face was blue. "Come, tell me where's the Bill," I cried, "And what you're going to do."

He said, "I hunt for gibes and pins To prick the Bishops' calves, I search for Royal Commissions, too, To use as safety valves."

[See the Debate on Temperance Legislation in the House of Lords, May 14, 1901.]