SELECTED POETRY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 356, 22 February 1881, Page 3

SELECTED POETRY.

; ' WOMAN’S TONGUE. ■ Sometimes.pleasing, often, times teasing y - (r J In the centre hung,’ ; Both ends nagging, never flagging— Such is woman’s tongue. None can stop it, ’less they lop it, . All that’s said or sung, _ ‘ Gravely, quaintly, can but faintly, Paint that awfnl-tongue Strange, too, is it, diseases risit Heart, and chest, and lung, ■ gut nought I know of etopsthe fld w of T'.a.r.v.fi.,,) f Aniyilft. I

A shrewibh wife wrecks many a life, The sons of men among ; Unhappy man ! you never can E-k'ape a woman’s tongue. But perhaps I’d best let matters rest, Or mayhap I’ll get stung By some elastic, keen, sarcastic, Everlasting tongue. —A., iu Sydney Bulletin. SCENE IN A NEVADA COURTROOM. “Have you engaged, or do you depend On a lawyer your case to defend ? " Thus to the pris’ner spoke the j udge- - A good man, free from bias or grudge. “ I guess,” was the polite reply, “Thet, with the Court’s permission, I Will jest sorter defend myself— I ain J t dead yit, nor laid on the shelf. ” And then that prisoner grabbed a stool, And, with a look determined and cool, He settled the poor sheriff with one on the head. The next thing to be done was to clear the shed, And then, without the slightest remorse, The rascal rode on on the judge’s grey horse.