A NEW RING.
Ring out, glad bells! with clappers strong;
Ring out the year that dies to-night!
Ring in the new year with the light!
Ring in the right, ring out the wrong.
Ring out the squabbles at the Zoo!
Ring opera boxes in my reach,
And "natives" at a penny each!
Ring out Ward Hunt, whate'er you do.
Ring out the tax collector's knocks—
The Hebrew usurer—the dun!
Ring coals in at a pound a ton,
Ring out the women's "tie-back" frocks!
Ring out th' oppressors of the poor—
The rinderpest and Ouida's books!
Ring in some housemaids and some cooks,
Ring out the Reverend Edward Moore.
Ring out all rates without delay!
Ring in the Law Courts, if you can!
Ring out, ring out, the Englishman!
Ring out Kenealy, right away!
O. P. Q. P. Smiff, in The Figaro, January 5, 1876.