PESSIMISM.
Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food; Nothing to wear but clothes, To keep one from going nude. Nothing to breathe but air, Quick as a (lash 'tis gono; Nothing to fall but off. Nowhere to stand but on. Nothing to comb but hair, Now.hero to sleep but in bed; Nothing to weep but tears, Nothing to bury but dead. Nothing to sing but songs, Ah, well, alas! alack! Nowhere to go but out, Nowhere to come but back. Nothing to see but sights, _ Nothing to quench but thirst; Nothing to have but what we've got— * Thus tlirough Hfo we ore cursed. Nothing to strike but a gait; Evervthing moves that goes; Nothing at all but common emse Can ever withstand theso woes. j
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 10
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128PESSIMISM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1396, 23 March 1912, Page 10
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