THE MINISTRY’S ODE TO THE PASSIONS.
NOT BY COLLINS.
When the Whig Ministry had run,
Nor left behind a mother’s son,
The Tories, at their leader’s call,
Came thronging round him, one and all,
Exulting, braying, cringing, coaxing,
Expert at humbugging and hoaxing;
By turns they felt an honest zeal
For private good and public weal;