THE POET’S CORNER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9064, 31 January 1908, Page 6

THE POET’S CORNER.

THE BATTLESHIP. [ln recommending 'the building of more warships, President Roosevelt says everything depends on fighting craft of the battleship type.] The submarine’s a tricky little shaver, With fifty-seven different brands of "wiles; She mutters “glug” and sinks beneath the water. And journeys down below the waves for miles. When it comes to diving stouts she is a wonder — She can sit on oyster beds and eat her lunch ; But when it comes to work in time of trouble. The battleship’s the lady with the punch. The torpedo oat’s a spiteful little vixen; She is long and slim, and saucy as a witch ; She can set the green and slippery sea a-foanaiug And can. a tube and never drop a stitch; Her elder sister’s yonder grim destroyer ; She can show her heels to all the navy’s bunch ; But both of them stand back when work is needed — The battleship’s the lady with the punch. The, cruiser is a most engaging damsel; She can flit across the seas just like a gull, And when it comes to repartee, she’s lively— The line of talk she hands is never dull; But cruiser, submarine, and all the others .Mpst flee syhen dogs of war begin to crunch; Yon grand dame is thp telle of .Neptune’s socials-^-. The battleship’s the lady with the punch, —Denver Republican.