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TEE TICHB ORNE CLAIMANT Who is this with form, so portly, Mien and manners rough, uncourtly, Myth—or man of modern mystery,. Hailing from Australian shore ? Is the tale he tells unvarnished P Is the name he bears untarnished ? Are there secrets iu his history ? Time will show us—nothing more. Is he lowly, is he rich born ?' Is he Orton, is lie Tichborne ? Is lie persecuted claimant, Or unmitigated bore ? "Was he lost on board the Bella ? Did he gain the shore, poor fella, With a minimum of raiment ? Time will show us—nothing more. Is he rogue, or real Sir Roger ? Baronet, or artful dodger P Has his fickle memory faded, In the mistiness of yore ? Or do H's sometimes droppins, Prove him bom on banks of Wapping,. Where the long lost Orton traded ? Time will show more. Facing, without hesitation, Fire of cross-examination, Fierce witli all the cunning beauty Of the wiles of legal lore. When will counsel spend their fury ? When shall patient pannelled jury Speak the words that end their duty ? Time will show us—nothing more. -T- Figaro.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1300, 16 April 1872, Page 2
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182Select Poetry. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1300, 16 April 1872, Page 2
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