POETRY.

THE MODERN EYE.

["All that we can hope to bring to this lengthy dismission upon which 'this House is embarked is the modern eyo."—Mr. Winston Churchill in his speech on the Second Reading of the Home Rule Bill.] " WITRN I survey my chequered past, And scan the deeds that made it hum, I veritably stand aghast

At what I didn't quite become. I always was a brainy brat And yet I often thought awry "— " Pray how do you account for that? " I lacked as yet the modern eye."

"Of old, when Ulster threatened light, Fired by a generous filial zeal

1 swore that Meter would be right To back her cause with shot and steel. But now I know the claims of Pat 'Tis simple madness to deny "— "-Pray how do you account for that? ".•-• " I view things with the modern eye."

"Assuming a pacific pose While Home affairs were in my charge, On lovingkindness to our foes I ne'er omitted to enlarge.

Now I believe in tit for tat, To sentiment I bid good-bye "— " Pray how do you account for that ? "-,- " It's all my ultra-modern eye."

"Once I upheld the crying need Of Peace on economicgrounds, And, as I preached that noble creed,

My pious fervour *new no bounds. But I was talking through my hat, And now I'm making millions fly Pray how do you account for that ?"— "I view things with the modern eye."

"I loved to lavish hot abuse On bloated armaments and Bich, On wars that drain our vital juice) To aggrandize the greedy rich.

Now I discard such silly chat, For battleships I loudly cry "—

" Pray how do you account for that ?"— " I view things with the modern eye."

"In former years I pledged my•aid To women who desired the vote, But when, through :rioting and raid, Their chance of winning grow remote, Warned by the jumping of the cat I left the ladies high and dry "— " Prey how do you account for that ? "- " I view things with the modern eye."

"Unlike the Ethiopian, who Can never change his swarthy skin, With the chameleon's deadal hue

I claim in politics my kin.

Fools call me ' renegade' and 'rat,' I blandly answer adeee " Pray how is one to construe that ?"—

" I view things with the modern eye."

C. L. G.