TO PRISCILLA, F.G.S.
(A poll is being taken as to the advisability of admitting ladies to Fellowship of the Geological Society.) Priscilla, knowing, as you surely do, That in my eyes it's altogether shocking To hint that you wear open-work of blue— Or hint at all about a lady's stocking— Why have, you put aside your recent craze For hockey (which you played with courage stoic) To ■ spend, monotonously, all your days In search of fossils that are eozoic?. It pains me to remark that you won't find them; And, if you, do—what good is there behind them?. ' i
Think you that life its dreariness will lose If you become a Loibnitz or a Hutton, 'And yet ignore thp proper way to choose A juicy, tender joint of Cymric mutton? If mesozoic mysterios distress you, ; Dismiss them, dear Priscilla, from your mind;' And don't let metamorphic rocks impress you With their stupendous value to mankind. It may, ■'of course, bo vary nice to know . them; , But what's the use?—you'll never learn- to * throw them! : -—"Punch." .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 225, 16 June 1908, Page 5
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175TO PRISCILLA, F.G.S. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 225, 16 June 1908, Page 5
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