THE CURE'S PROGRESS.
Monsieur thee" Cur down the street Comes with his kind old face, With his coat worn bare, and his straggling hair, And his green umbrella-case."- ;"';; You may see him pass by the little "Grand Place " And the tiny " Hotel de Ville." He smiles as he goes, to' the fleuriste Rose, And the pompier Theophile. He turns as a rule, through the " Marche"" cool, " Where the noisy fishwives call, And his compliment pays to the "Belle Therese " As she knits in her dusky stall. There's a letter to drop at the locksmith's shop, ' ~' , , ;> .', . .--;• And Toto, the locksmith's niece Hasjubilant hopes, for the Cure" gropes In his tails for a pain d'cpices. There's a little dispnte'with a merchant of fruit, >? Who 1 is>aifl to'befheterodox, f- n That wili'erhled be with "a " Ma *foi ouil' ,J ' ' And a pinch from the Cuff's" box. But a grander Way for'the Sous Prefet, Andia bow for Ma'mselle; Anne, And a mock " off-hat."...to.the notary's cat, And a nod to the Sacristan..., > For ever through life the Cure With a smile on his kind old face— With his worn bare, and his straggling hair, - And his green umbrella-case. -i-GornhillMagazine.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 292, 6 May 1879, Page 2
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194THE CURE'S PROGRESS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 292, 6 May 1879, Page 2
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