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THE DEVIL'S PROGRESS.
The Devil to St. Stephen's went,
And heard a long debate,
On the motion of O'C 1,
That the Devil take his seat ;
That learned member showed, in a speech,
Of great research and 7ion,s,
That Satan, at all times, by usage had
A seat within that House : —
So the Devil took, and rose in hia place.
And presented his petitions !
(He was puzzled, at first, to understand
The novel coalitions !)
He could not stay to give his vote
Against ' ' emancipation " ; —
But he spoke of Sixteen eighty-eight,
And the danger of innovation ;
He spoke of the Pope, and he said that the nation
Had already one scarlet abomination ;
He implored them to pause, ere they doubled that evil.
And Sir Thomas L — b — e ' ' paired off " with the Devil !
He saw, in the Ecclesiastical Court,
Its " familiars " ranged in a lane,
As a dandy peer, on an elephant tame.
Rode in, — and rode out, again ;
And he afterwards heard that the dandy went.
On his beast, through both Houses of Parliament.