THE TWO WEDGWOODS
Onthe Front Opposition Bench (which great statesmen adorn)Cheek by jowl with Mr. Asquith; J. R. Clynes and George Thorne;Dark Ramsay of Aberavon; the learned member for Spen,Sat jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.The toughness of salamander, and a monkey-gland vim,The endurance and determination, both of Cromwell and Pym,The persistence of twenty members, and the lung power of tenDistinguished Josiah Wedgwood and stern Wedgwood Benn.Did a foeman pause or stumble, or to error succumb(What though Pringle were exhausted, and e’en Kenworthy dumb),Swift as the summer swallow, or the fleet prairie hen,Out popped Josiah Wedgwood, or else Wedgwood Benn.From the bora of the Arctic to the rainfall of Spain,From the theories of Einstein to the “talks” of Frank Crane,There exists no place or subject, not embraced in the kenOf omniscient Josiah Wedgwood and wise Wedgwood Benn.Were they harsh?—They could be tender. Were they gay?—They could be grave.Did they thunder in anger?—They could also be suave.They could bruise like Joseph Beckett: they could sting like cayenne,Multifarious Josiah Wedgwood and slick Wedgwood Benn.Which explains my sense of outrage, that this sternest of men,Who comes (via Mr. Asquith) from a wild Highland Glen,Should have torn from one another, by a stroke of the pen,Jolly old Josiah Wedgwood and sad Wedgwood Benn.
Onthe Front Opposition Bench (which great statesmen adorn)Cheek by jowl with Mr. Asquith; J. R. Clynes and George Thorne;Dark Ramsay of Aberavon; the learned member for Spen,Sat jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.The toughness of salamander, and a monkey-gland vim,The endurance and determination, both of Cromwell and Pym,The persistence of twenty members, and the lung power of tenDistinguished Josiah Wedgwood and stern Wedgwood Benn.Did a foeman pause or stumble, or to error succumb(What though Pringle were exhausted, and e’en Kenworthy dumb),Swift as the summer swallow, or the fleet prairie hen,Out popped Josiah Wedgwood, or else Wedgwood Benn.From the bora of the Arctic to the rainfall of Spain,From the theories of Einstein to the “talks” of Frank Crane,There exists no place or subject, not embraced in the kenOf omniscient Josiah Wedgwood and wise Wedgwood Benn.Were they harsh?—They could be tender. Were they gay?—They could be grave.Did they thunder in anger?—They could also be suave.They could bruise like Joseph Beckett: they could sting like cayenne,Multifarious Josiah Wedgwood and slick Wedgwood Benn.Which explains my sense of outrage, that this sternest of men,Who comes (via Mr. Asquith) from a wild Highland Glen,Should have torn from one another, by a stroke of the pen,Jolly old Josiah Wedgwood and sad Wedgwood Benn.
Onthe Front Opposition Bench (which great statesmen adorn)Cheek by jowl with Mr. Asquith; J. R. Clynes and George Thorne;Dark Ramsay of Aberavon; the learned member for Spen,Sat jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.
Onthe Front Opposition Bench (which great statesmen adorn)
Cheek by jowl with Mr. Asquith; J. R. Clynes and George Thorne;
Dark Ramsay of Aberavon; the learned member for Spen,
Sat jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.
The toughness of salamander, and a monkey-gland vim,The endurance and determination, both of Cromwell and Pym,The persistence of twenty members, and the lung power of tenDistinguished Josiah Wedgwood and stern Wedgwood Benn.
The toughness of salamander, and a monkey-gland vim,
The endurance and determination, both of Cromwell and Pym,
The persistence of twenty members, and the lung power of ten
Distinguished Josiah Wedgwood and stern Wedgwood Benn.
Did a foeman pause or stumble, or to error succumb(What though Pringle were exhausted, and e’en Kenworthy dumb),Swift as the summer swallow, or the fleet prairie hen,Out popped Josiah Wedgwood, or else Wedgwood Benn.
Did a foeman pause or stumble, or to error succumb
(What though Pringle were exhausted, and e’en Kenworthy dumb),
Swift as the summer swallow, or the fleet prairie hen,
Out popped Josiah Wedgwood, or else Wedgwood Benn.
From the bora of the Arctic to the rainfall of Spain,From the theories of Einstein to the “talks” of Frank Crane,There exists no place or subject, not embraced in the kenOf omniscient Josiah Wedgwood and wise Wedgwood Benn.
From the bora of the Arctic to the rainfall of Spain,
From the theories of Einstein to the “talks” of Frank Crane,
There exists no place or subject, not embraced in the ken
Of omniscient Josiah Wedgwood and wise Wedgwood Benn.
Were they harsh?—They could be tender. Were they gay?—They could be grave.Did they thunder in anger?—They could also be suave.They could bruise like Joseph Beckett: they could sting like cayenne,Multifarious Josiah Wedgwood and slick Wedgwood Benn.
Were they harsh?—They could be tender. Were they gay?—They could be grave.
Did they thunder in anger?—They could also be suave.
They could bruise like Joseph Beckett: they could sting like cayenne,
Multifarious Josiah Wedgwood and slick Wedgwood Benn.
Which explains my sense of outrage, that this sternest of men,Who comes (via Mr. Asquith) from a wild Highland Glen,Should have torn from one another, by a stroke of the pen,Jolly old Josiah Wedgwood and sad Wedgwood Benn.
Which explains my sense of outrage, that this sternest of men,
Who comes (via Mr. Asquith) from a wild Highland Glen,
Should have torn from one another, by a stroke of the pen,
Jolly old Josiah Wedgwood and sad Wedgwood Benn.
Jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.
Jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.
Jovial Josiah Wedgwood and bold Wedgwood Benn.