A SWINBURNIAN LEAVE-TAKING.
(The Poet and his Songs being Left —by the Editor.)
Let us go hence, mj songs he will not hear ; Let us go hence, he corketh up his ear. Keep silence now, for singing-titwe is over; And over once for all for us, I fear ; So let us eat a sad, consoling clove, or Seek surcease of sorrow in cold beer; He would not hear. Lot us come off and drop : he will not care ; He's filled his columns, and has stuff to spare ; He writes it all himself — it's pretty tart ; But then it saves him money. 'Tisn't fair That he for hungry scribes should kill the mart, And leave us grubless in the murky air ; JBut he don't care. Let us rise up and skip ; he will not know. Let us go beanward, as the great tramps go, Full of Swiss cheese and foam : what help is here ? There is no help, for me there is no show, And all the world is bitter as a tear. The editor is fly on songs of woe : They are no go.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 236, 21 March 1885, Page 8
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184A SWINBURNIAN LEAVE-TAKING. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 236, 21 March 1885, Page 8
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