Selected Poetry
BATTLE OF FINANCE. AFTER (AT A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE) SCOTT. The following parody has been going the rounds of the House of Representatives, and expi esses the sentiments of the disappointed members of the Opposition:— And why stands Stafford idly now, Amazement gathering on his brow. Since Vogel gains the votes the while, And struggles through the deep defile ? What checks the soul of bold John Hall, — Why sits that plucky bird so small Inactive in such need ; ■' And sees from out his fluttering band A Fox, with accents sweet and bland. His chicks, seductive, lead ? What vails Fitzherbert’s cunning wile, Or J. C. Richmond’s words like ile ? Oh ! Creighton, for thy lance ! Oh ! for one hour of Reader wight, Or Gillies, skilled to rule the fight. And cry for Auckland and our right ! Another sight would then be seen. If heads were counted well, I ween. —Taranaki Herald,
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Marlborough Express, Volume V, Issue 244, 13 August 1870, Page 6
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150Selected Poetry Marlborough Express, Volume V, Issue 244, 13 August 1870, Page 6
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