THIS SONG OF THE PRINTER.
Pick ami click Goes the typo iu the slick, As the printer stands at his case ; His eyes glance quick, anil Ills lingers pick The typo at a rapid pace ; And one by one as the letters go, Words are piled up steady and slow Steady and slow, But still they grow, And words of (ire they soon will glow ; Wonderful words, that without a sound Traverse t«o earth to its utmost bound ; Words that shall make Thu tyrant quake, And the fetters of the oppress'd shall break ; Words that can crumble an army’s might, pr treble its strength in a righteous tight. Tet the type they look but leaden and dumb, As ho puts them in place with linger and thumb, But the printer smiles, And his work beguiles, By chanting a song as the letters he piles, With a pick and a click, Like the world’s chronometer, tick ! tick ! tick ! 0, where is the man with such simple tools Can govern the world as I ? With a printing press, an.iron stick, And a little leaden die, With paper of white, and ink of black, I support the Bight, and the Wrong attack. Say where is ho, or whom may he.be That can rival the printer s power ? To no uionarehs that live the wall doth he give ; Their sway lasts only an hour ; While the printer still grows, and God only knows When his might shall cease to tower !
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DUNST18760317.2.11
Bibliographic details
Dunstan Times, Issue 726, 17 March 1876, Page 3
Word Count
246THIS SONG OF THE PRINTER. Dunstan Times, Issue 726, 17 March 1876, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in