THROUGH EVER-GREEN GLASSES.
["On the side of those poor men who constitute the Irish nation, with their few and disparaged leaders, we have found a consideration, a calmness, and a liberality of view, a disposition to interpret everything in the best sense, and to make every concession that could possibly bring harmony about."—Mr. Gladstone in Edinburgh.]
AIR—"The Wearing of the Green."
Ever-Green Statesman sings:—
Och, Erin dear, and did ye hear the cry that's going round?
The Home-Rule plant they would forbid to grow on Irish ground.
I had my doubts at one time, but more clearly I have seen