A MINISTERIAL WAIL
[“The most trenchant critics of the Government since its formation have been Mr. Pringle and Mr. Hogge.”—British Weekly.]
The gipsy camping in a dingle
I reckon as a lucky dog;
He doesn’t hear the voice of Pringle,
He doesn’t hear the snorts of Hogge.
The moujik crouching in his ingle
Somewhere near Tomsk or Taganrog
I envy; he is far from Pringle