SELECT POETRY, TAKE THE TRAIN AWAY,

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 74, 10 July 1869, Page 6

SELECT POETRY, TAKE THE TRAIN AWAY,

(Paterfamilias Log.) Go, cut if off. my daughters dear, Though, graceful it may be, And swiftly bring the scissors here, That I the deed may see ; Elise and James may fume and fret, Then let them fume, I pray— Be deaf to all their mad regret, And take the train away. I've had enough of robes d gueu Dust-laden in the street, Of trailing gauzes pink and blue, Entangled round my feet : Fvo trodden on so many gowns And caused so mnch dismay, So many pettish shrugs and frownsDo take the train away. I'm weary of those endless skirts In every festive throng ; I hope they'll meet with their deserts — They've tyrannised too long. I only wish to live at ease, I'm not averse to pay For all the chiffons that you please— B.ut; take the traiu away. I cannot keep my temper down Upon the crowded stair, I thick the follies of the town Jlore odious than they were : I stumble and apologise, I don't know what to say, The gist of all #i§ inaitep nes In— take your train away. Let crinoline be all the rage, And crowd our streets again, Let fashions of a byegone age With paint and patches reign : Let hoops and ruffs and high-heeled shoes Resume their pristine sway— And be as fickle as you choose, Yet— take the train away. There's plenty left to please the eye Or vex the mind of man ; The chignqa gits enthroned on high. And pleasures half a span : "We freely give you all your head, For who shall say you nay ? But still with vigour be it said, Take, take the train away.