Nine High Commissioners no longer would debate;
For next Ignatieff went off, and so there were but eight.
Eight High Commissioners tried Turkish rule to leaven
Count Corti he went back to Rome, and then there were but seven.
Seven High Commissioners were just in the same fix,
Till Count Calice started off—reducing them to six.
Six High Commissioners would fain see Turkey thrive,
But Werther back to Bismarck went, and then there were but five.
Five High Commissioners found they could do no more,
And so Count Zichy he went home, and left there only four.