The moujik crouching in his ingle

Somewhere near Tomsk or Taganrog

I envy; he is far from PRINGLE

And equally remote from HOGGE.

I find them deadly when they're single,

But deadlier in the duologue,

When the insufferable PRINGLE

Backs the intolerable HOGGE.

I'd rather walk for miles on shingle

Or flounder knee-deep in a bog