VAG RANT VERSE
RONDEAU OF CYRANO DE BERGERACI (Written for the Southland Times.) A line, a thrust! Take this to start You braggart count, beware your heart; Line three, and I shall touch your hair, Line four, look out, don’t get a scare, Swordsman and poet —a single art I I-jne six. your seconds nimbly dart About, they ought to have a chart! Line seven, hey, you needn’t stare, A line, a thrust! My nose is long, you’re not too smart, Boys bawl this out in any mart. But Bergerac will get you square, At last line, count, you won’t be then*; Line second-last, count, rondeau—parti A line, a thrust! —Southerner. Invercargill, May 30-
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Southland Times, Issue 18837, 2 June 1920, Page 4
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114VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 18837, 2 June 1920, Page 4
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