THE LAY OF (one of) THE LAST BROKERS.
Thk times were dull, .-nd scarce of gold The broker si»l»ed for days of old ; His seedy l>oot>. and suit of gray, Seenud to have known a better day ; His i>cn", once source of every joy, Now furnished but ;t «c;int employ. A renmnm vi. that tube was he That once had Ihed so joyously ; But they, ahi^ ! the <*cene had fled. Full nuny thioiioh che Gourthad sped : And lie, by horrid dun« oppreshed, Wished he'd been whitewashed with the rest i No u-<ire, with in hand, He at the Comer talced his stand ; Ko loniifj it tljtit Uouio of jest He chuff-- <nd haul -r* with the rest, And, siuilin^, snaies from day to day His unsophisticated piey. *Those timos are eliau^ed, those greenhorns gone — The Caledonian days are done ; In vain he all expedients tries, In the fond hope to make a rise. A threadbare broker, proud though poor, He lounges at his office doov, O) tries to strut, with j.iunty air, In hat lie once had scorned to wear. Adveitiscr.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 29, 22 December 1883, Page 7
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181THE LAY OF (one of) THE LAST BROKERS. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 29, 22 December 1883, Page 7
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