RHYMES FOR THE TIMES.

There was a false Pasha named BOLO,

Who sank in iniquity so low.

That the dirtiest work

Of the Hun and the Turk

Never made him ejaculate Nolo!

There was a stout fellow called YAPP,

A great Red Triangular chap;

Now he's working still harder

To stock the State larder,

And never has time for a nap.

The manners and customs of Clare

Have long been admittedly "quare,"

But the tolerance shown

To sedition full-blown

Is enough to make CADBURY swear.

Politicians unstable and vague

May well take example from HAIG,

Who talks to the Huns

In the voice of his guns

Till they dread him far worse than the plague.

Renowned for her fine macaroni,

And also for Signor MARCONI,

Now Italy sends,

To enrapture her friends,

(And to finish these rhymes), the Caproni.