Jove! was it possible they lack'd the knowledge he
Boasted a literary and scientific genealogy!
That he had had some ancestors before him--
(Beside the Pa who wed the Ma who bore him)--
Men whom the world had slighted, it is true,
Because it never knew
The greatness of the genius which had lain,
Like unwrought ore, within each vasty brain;
And as a prejudice exists that those
Who never do disclose
The knowledge that they boast of, seldom have any,
Each of his learned ancestors had died,
By an ungrateful world belied,
And dubb'd a Zany.
That HE should be
Denied a pedigree!
Appeared so monstrous in this land of freedom,
He instantly conceived the notion
To go down to the House and make a motion,
That all men had a right to those who breed 'em.
* * * * *
Behold him in his seat, his face carnation,
Just like an ace of hearts,
Not red and white in parts,
But one complete illumination.
He rises--members blow their noses,
And cough and hem! till one supposes,
A general catarrh prevails from want of ventilation.
He speaks:--
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in me you see
A member of this house (_hear, hear_),
With whose proud pedigree
The "Thunderer" has dared to interfere.
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