POETRY.
A CHARACTER SKETCH. The mule seemed pensive, even sad, As if by conscience pricked; But when they came to share his woes, He raised objections—kicked. The cat came up to sympathise, With new and gentle purr; Alas! she got within his reach, When—fiddlestrings and fur. The dog, in pity, neared him to Alleviate his care ; He tried to pass around him once, But—sausage meat and hair. And John, the honest farmer boy Who had the beast in charge, Tried reoklessly to harness him— His funeral was large. Oh, trifling were the causes which His flexile legs unfurled ; And many were the quadrupeds That sought another world. He never did a decent thing ; He wasn't worth a ducat; He kicked and kioked until he died, And then he kioked the bucket. The first instalment of the Roumelina tribute to Turkey is paid. The Christians of Macedonia have again been ill-treated and are leaving.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2236, 2 June 1881, Page 4
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153POETRY. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2236, 2 June 1881, Page 4
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