Wring out the wet that stands in clay, Rots the potatoes in their bed, Fingers and toes gives swedes instead Of bellies in the usual way. Wring out my mouchoir, damp with flow Of constant cold through warp and woof, Bring in a patent waterproof, Through whose seams raindrops will not go. Wring out the shirts, wring out the skin, To which I've been wet many times; Ring out the raindrops' pattering chimes, And bring some drier weather in! _Punch_, December 28, 1872. A NEW RING. Ring out, glad bells! with clappers strong; Ring out the year that dies to-night! Ring in the new year with the light! Ring in the right, ring out the wrong. Ring out the squabbles at the Zoo! Ring opera boxes in my reach, And "natives" at a penny each! Ring out Ward Hunt, whate'er you do. Ring out the tax collector's knocks-- The Hebrew usurer--the dun! Ring coals in at a pound a ton, Ring out the women's "tie-back" frocks! Ring out th' oppressors of the poor-- The rinderpest and Ouida's books! Ring in some housemaids and some cooks, Ring out the Reverend Edward Moore. Ring out all rates without delay! Ring in the Law Courts, if you can! Ring out, ring out, the _Englishman!_ Ring out Kenealy, right away! _O. P. Q. P. Smiff_, in _The Figaro_, January 5, 1876. * * * * * THE COMING MANNIKIN. Mr. Punch, having heard that many Conservatives looked upon Lord Randolph Churchill as the "Coming Man" of their party, expressed himself as follows:-- Ring out fools'-bells to limbo's dome, Which copes the neo-Tory clique! The man is coming whom they seek! Ring out fools'-bells, and let him come! Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring jangling bells a Bedlam chime; 'Tis the true _Simon Pure_ this time; Ring in the chief of Gnatdom's crew! * * * * * Ring out old pride in race and blood, That kept the fierce old fighters right; Ring in crude slander and small spite, The urchin love of flinging mud. Ring out the gentleman! Ring in The narrow heart, the rowdy hand. Ring out the brave, the wise, the grand! Ring in the Coming Mannikin! _Punch_, November 19, 1881. The parody of _In Memoriam_, mentioned on Page 61 as having appeared in the _St. James's Gazette_ of June 18, 1881, was written by Mr. H. D. Traill, and has since been re-published, by Messrs. Blackwood and Sons, in a volume entitled _Recaptured Rhymes_. Parodies of D. G. Rossetti, A. C. Swinburne, and Robert Browning are contained in the same volume, and will be quoted when the works of these authors are reached.