THE POPULAR CREED

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 669, 2 September 1876, Page 3

THE POPULAR CREED

D moi and dollars ! do'lari and dime* ! A'i empty pocket* the wmit of crime-* ! If a man u down, give b ra a thrust — Truuptw tb« Jiof.'P'v iuto the dust! Presumptuous j oTa ty'* quite appnllug — Ko -ck him over! kick him fur f-illiujj] It ti mau'tt up, oh ; lift nun higher— YdU' k<iuJ'» for •.»'«•, and hen a Miyi-r. Au eiupty pocket,'* the woist <f criiue* ! I kuow a poor but » worthy y. utb, Whose hopes »re built on » tu»den'» truth : But tko maiden will break her vows with eaie, For a worcr comtth whole chim» are tbe»e : — A. bollovf heart and rvn empty bead, A fuse wolltingei with the brandy rod, A houl well trained id villainy's school, Aud oa«h— sweet civ"h, ha kuovvetti the rulo — Dime* and doHart ! dollars and dimes ! An tmpty pockets the worst of Crimea ; I know. a bold and an honut man, W'io itr voj to live on f tie Chrutiaa plan ; Bat po >r he U, and poor will be - A acoinel and hated wretch ih he. At homo he meetetb a nUrvii q wife ; abroad he leadefh the leper's tile — I hey struggle (gainst a fearful odds Wh-j will not buw ' i the peoplf* i<ods. Dimes and dollars! <ioll»n and ditiei i An empty pocket's the worst of ciimea j So, get ye wcaliU-no matter how — " no qubHtutt s aske > " of the rich, I trow; >te\l by night and rteil by day (Da ug it all in a legal way). Ji.iu the Church, and ne\er f< rsake her ; Learn to cant, and insult your Maker ; B< hypoo p ite, liar, kn%vr, and fool, fur don't be poor ! — lltnn v rub B r the rule — D mu» and ('o Urn ! ''ollars and (lidiuu ! Au empty pocket's tho vroratof crimes!