Three Statesmen with three different “fads,” were born,

Two still our blood-stained Cabinet adorn;

The first in felling trees and men surpassed,

The next in frothy speech, Caucus the last.

Britannia’s patience can no further go,

For Will, and Jack, are “not a patch” on Joe!

J. McGrigor Allan.


Three statesmen in the age now waning born,

France, Germany, and England did adorn;