Punch (92.1887)

278

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[June 1', 1887.

r^Pf^i ml

mm

RitfG out, wild bells, with ban? and boom!
From holiday's hop-skip-and-jump,
Or from short sallies on the stump,

Members are coming. Let them come!

Come, (xLAdstoxf, from a sojourn short
In Taffy's house ; come, Chamberlain,
From pummelling old friends—with pain

Come, iLARTDSGTON", from spurts of sport.

Come, over ready-writer.BfliGHT,
From penning that prodigious '' slate; "
Come, Mohley, with your phiz sedate,

Nursing, for Joe, your "ready right."

Come, sleek and smiling Smith, prepared
Like a bland Thug, with summary gag,*;
Come, lounging Balfoue, do not lag,

Dawdlers ere now have greatly dartd.

Come, Hakcottbt, of the triple chin,

And tittivating finger-tip ;

Come, Churchill, careful of a trip,
And with keen eye to a safe win.

Come, Tory tag-rag, likewise come
Liberal bob-tail. Come, Pabnell.
Ah! will you come ? and are you well ?

Or is it all mere Party hum ?

Come, Tanker,—but of course you will,
And so will Conybeare, no doubt,
And all we well could do without,

Muffs void of manners as of skill.

Ring out, wild hells, and ring them in,'
The old, old lot we know so well;
They '11 hear the tintinnahulant bell,

And answer to its dismal din.

" Ring out the false, ring in the true ? "
Ah ! would it were our happy fate
The hells could so discriminate,

And " chuck " the Goose and the Yahoo.

Nay, Mr. Spf.akek, no such luck !
Ring on, it is your luckless doom,
Once more the bells may bang and boom,

The day is come, the hour is struck!

PARLIAMENTARY VIEWS. NO. II. "RINGING THEM IN.'