[Lord ADDINGTON, speaking recently at a Harvest Festival,
said, "If he were a labourer, and saw a rabbit nibbling his
cabbages, he would go for that rabbit with the first thing at
hand." (_Enthusiastic cheers._)--_Daily News_.]
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Lord ADDINGTON, most wonderful
Of people-pleasing peers,
You certainly contrived to raise
"Enthusiastic cheers."
The villagers come flocking in
From all the country through,
To hear Your Lordship speak his mind
And tell them what to do.
You did it well, you told them how
You'd have them understand
A lucky chance has made you own
A quantity of land.
Though very fond of shooting, yet
Your love of shooting stops
At letting rabbits have their way
At decimating crops.
And so, if you a labourer were,
(The which of course you're not),
And saw a rabbit in your ground
A-nibbling--on the spot
You'd go for him with spade or fork,
At which, so it appears,
There rang throughout the crowded room
"Enthusiastic cheers."
A Peer's advice is always good,
So doubtless they will grab it,--
_But_ no one will be happier than
The cabbage-nibbling rabbit!
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