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HEN Britain really ruled the waves— (In good Queen Bess's time) The House of Peers made no pretence To intellectual eminence,
 * Or scholarship sublime;

Yet Britain won her proudest bays In good Queen Bess's glorious days!

When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
 * As every child can tell,

The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular,
 * And did it very well;

Yet Britain set the world a-blaze In good King George's glorious days!