The Beaconsfield Alphabet.

A's my new policy called Annexation;         B is the Bother it causes the nation.         C is Lord Chelmsford, engaged with Zulus;         D the Disasters which give me 'the blues.'         E is the Effort I make to look merry;         F is my Failure - deplorable very!         G is Sir Garnett, alas, not ubiquitous!         H stands for H -    - t, an M.P. iniquitous.         I stands for India, a source of vexation:         J are the Jews, a most excellent nation.         K is the Khedive, whose plan is to borrow         L L. s. d. - I'll annex him to-morrow!         M's the Majority, which I much prize;         N are the Non-contents whom I despise.         O's the Opposition, so often defeated;         P is P -    - ll, that Home-ruler conceited.         Q are the Questions put by noble Lords;         R my Responses, more cutting than swords.         S is the Sultan, my friend true and warm;         T are the Turks, whom I hope to reform.         U's my Utopia - Cyprus, I mean:         V is Victoria, my Empress and Queen.         W's the World, which ere long I shall own;         X is the sign of my power unknown.         Y is the Yacht I shall keep in the Red Sea:         Z the Zulus, whom I wish in the Dead Sea.         (1879).