POETS' CORNER.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 67, 1 September 1880, Page 4

POETS' CORNER.

LaITBTON IvAV, WBItTNTON, ■■ 17tli Aii^u^, lß3o. Besorra, I'm not m mil li ay a humour fov wi'iiin' Ihij week, fjrs«ure me oulil frind Sir Herkuii.-s Ims bean urdliered to the right-nboti!- luce, :i> woriiferl lo say-in the inilishy nn' volnnloers. * 'Pon mo consliih^e, it's the la<t. fi'mo I'll ax flio bop at home to vote for G-ladslotie, so it i*. The md.ie spalpeen, onfiav lih firdl ax (not the uxe he; chops down the threes will) is to rimore the Q-uvno.r. -,"•• IJndfier liio^loak'o' promoshin, lie's given Sir Ileikuliss the Cape; bnt suro; it*, j'wl.- done to nsinoy mesilf; an' Sir Georj-e, so it is, bad luck tj thing else. Au ! thiti lie's shultn' us Sir Arthur Gordon,' a gentleman I niver hard ay. .before m the: hole coovse o' mo. life, so I didn't. I'm tould he icoines from Feed Ye, an' ay that's the case, lie should take up Im quarther's down among yerChristchurch folks, where he'd b» a grand ox-eillory 1 0 the souoikitclien ■'■ b ;kays li o' d un d h ei-st an d. ; liqav to Eeed Ye. i 1 Bthruck off the folio win' gitn to 'ixpress' me sorrow at partin' wicl Sir Herkuliss. Tin. gettnV it printed: on , green .satin for; pre3intasuup":— - . . ..;;.;<:, A LAMINTATION. ':" Asthoro machree ! och faix yo see, . Me heart is sore to-night ;.; I'm m a mes3i for JEleriuiiss ' > ■' "< Is goin' to laxe our sight. Sure Grindstone's AVhigs— the dirty prigsHave ordhereri him 'iiwiiy, An' lam satt— it's thrue be dad; — He's goin' to crass the say. Bad luck : attind, nhd divil mind The Liberals at Home; To titrate us so ; I'd like to knowWhy Herkuliss should roam ? Wid noble blood he filled .his stud, 1 We miss; his colours .gay r ■.;■ . Ipon the eoorse— av eoorso, at coorse, He's ordh«red ; o'er, the say. .;•■■■ ;:' ; Whin G-U9SJ -wmt, I was cpntint — ; The vMavkiss we could spare, Bekays his brood— it's thrue indeed— -... Did not come from Kilclure ; But Eobinson, his sp\irs!ha3:wpn :: Gn Curragh coorse— hooray ! " . In many a riice he got a place, ■.-._.-.. Why does he crass the say? Be gog, I siglvto say "good^by." Och, why .wor thesejerornmands? ; ;,. I'd like to know why he should go To Afric's burnin' sands >? . . Where ugly Boors tm' !Blackaaio6rß,' !;1 ' ' An' ould King Cimt-away, Ay savage ruce dUturb the paice, Aerass the ragiii' say." • The Kaffirs bould, faix so I'm tould, Are mighty -fierce an' wild ; • ;.J The Z6oloos r too, make Irish: stew Avtroman, man, an' child ; The Hottentots are dhrunken sots, ,;' Bad whisky is ther tay ; Oca shure it's at'irange, lie'llTSud the change Acrass the ragiii'isayr • ■?■'■ - i I don't know much about tlie Dutch, They lirebn Sour •Rrbut-^---'lwixt me an' you that's -jisfc burgoo, Some call it stir-ji-boiit ; Aitchcit ; y'siu'afe, sure I declare, " ! . Aits burgoo^masthcr's whey, ~ An' sniokes an' chaws-^faix thim's the laws Acrass the ragfri' say. Och, HerkuliJs, bedad we'll miss " Yer janeyill countinince, . . Sure G-ladstone should (it's choppin' wood That's, robb'd. him ay his. sinse), : , Have kept ye Hero for many .a year, v .. ; . To sMiroll on Lambton Kay— Me binidick-Bhun, take, avick, „ Acrws.the ragin' wy. PADDY MURPHY. ,