(_By an Unpaired M.P., who has "Sat it Out."_)
M.P.'s gagged? Why, tongues have wagged
Seventy days, or eighty.
Little said on any head
Has been wise or weighty.
Gag's all hum! How shall we sum
Seven long weeks' oration?--
_Polyphrasticontinomemegalondulation!_
BARTLEY, BOWLES--loquacious souls!--
HANBURY and RUSSELL,
Have kept going, seldom "slowing"
In the talky tussle.
SAUNDERSON went sparring on,
JOE pursued jobation.--
_Polyphrasticontinomemegalondulation!_
Righteous causes, wicked clauses,
All meant bleats and blethers.
Beaming BOLTON had to moult on,
Gone his old Rad feathers.
"Yaller Jaunders" seized on SAUNDERS.
All drew "explanation!"--
_Polyphrasticontinomemegalondulation!_
Grim MACGREGOR--dogged beggar!--
Had "ideas"--and told them;
So had bores in tens and scores,
Why should _they_ withhold them?
What result from all this cult
Of roundaboutation?--
_Polyphrasticontinomemegalondulation!_
With composure I the Closure
Welcome--our sole saviour
From the gabble of the rabble,
And their bad behaviour.
The Front Benches? Well, one blenches
E'en from their "oration"--
_Polyphrasticontinomemegalondulation!_
[Illustration: TRYING HER STRENGTH.