A REPORTER'S WAIL.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4023, 19 November 1881, Page 3

A REPORTER'S WAIL.

O for the jovial drunkard, Who's fined five bob by the Beak— And O for tho glorous burglar, Who into rich houses doth sneak. O for the gossips and scandal, The pabulum of women's life ; O for the meetings and speeches That occur with electoral strife. O for the sermon* and soirees, 'I'he concerts and dances and tfuch— O for tiie succulent dinners, Don't 1 like 'em—Not much. O fora ci imney on fire, That a paragraph long I could write— O for a meeting of Councils, To describe the soul stirring fight. The language so strong and so markrd, By pnrases to very gramatical, The demagogue's ravings and talk, The sage's advice problematical. O for an accident rare, Or a finger chawed off by a dog— O for a flood or a murder, A hailstorm; some thunder or fog. O for a flower show gay, And the sweetest smiles from the girls, 0 for a Volunteer Ball, With the hugging and kissing and twirl*, 1 long for something to write on, My pen haß been still all the day, O won't somebody do something, That I may have something to cay ?

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