POETRY.
TOBIAS—SO TO SPEAK, Yes, is front name is Tobias, And he isn’t over pious, And his eyes are on the bias. So to speak; And his only aim and bent ia Just a bit non compos mentis Like and weak. And this feather-weighted gent he — Though not over one-and-twenty. Has of knowledge quite a plenty, So to speak; For he’d rather be a prancing And a kicking at a dancing Than his stock of wit enhancing Learning Greek. Though ho apes the drawl and stammer When ho dons hia sleek claw-hammer. Yet Tobias shoots his grammar, So to speak ; And he questiono very rarely (So his clothes are hanging fairly) If his brain be fashioned squarely Or oblique. No, he hss no education, And his beauty took vacation ’Bout the time of his creation. So to speak; And upon mature reflection. Taking each distinct bisection, I’ve decided his complexion’s Bather weak. Though his shirt has not a rimple, Nor hia beardless chin a dimple. Yet he boasts a chronic pimple On his beak j And his voice is not reliant. For at times it is defiant, And at times it ia a pliant Little squeak. Now it seems to be so funny That this half-demented sonny Should be loaded down with money So to speak; While the writer of this ditty. Who you see is rather witty. Has to grab about the city On his cheek.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2001, 23 July 1880, Page 3
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237POETRY. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2001, 23 July 1880, Page 3
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