After stating the question to be voted upon, the Speaker, or the Chairman, calls in the ordinary way for the ayes and Noes.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The ayes then go into the lobby that runs parallel to the House on the Speaker's right, the Noes into that on his left; and until 1906 every member in the House, except the Speaker, was obliged to go into one lobby or the other, unless he was physically disabled, when his vote might be counted in the House.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
They vary from the logical, but dead outcome of Swinburne: "There is no bad nor good," to the struggling faith of Omar Khayyam: "The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes, But here or there as strikes the Player goes; And he that toss'd you down into the Field, He knows about it all-He knows-He knows."
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann