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An Election Address.
(To Cambridge University, 1882.)
I venture to suggest that IAm rather noticeably fitTo hold the seat illumined byThe names of Palmerston and Pitt.
My principles are such as youHave often heard expressed before:They are, without exception, true;And who can say, with candour, more?
My views concerning Church and StateAre such as Bishops have professed:I need not recapitulateThe arguments on which they rest.
Respecting Ireland, I opineThat Ministers are in a mess,That landlords rule by Right Divine,That Firmness will remove Distress.
I see with horror undisguisedThat freedom of debate is dead:The Liberals are organised:The Caucus rears its hideous head.
Yet need'st thou, England, not despairAt Chamberlain's or Gladstone's pride,While Henry Cecil Raikes is thereTo organise the other side.
