THE ANGRY PESSIMIST.
You prefer a buffoon to a scholar, A harlequin to a teacher, A jester to a statesman, An Anonyma flaring on horseback To a modest and spotless woman— Brute of a public ! You think that to sneer shows wisdom, That a gibo outvalues a reason, That slang, auch as thieves delight in, Is fit for the lips of the gentle, And rather a grace than a blemish, Thick-headod public 2 You think that if merit's exalted Tis excellent •port to decry it« And trail its good name in the gutter, And that cynics, white-jfloved and cravated. Are the cream and quintessence of all things, Ass of a public ! You think that success is a merit, ' That honour and virtue and courage Are all very well in their places, But that moneys a thousand times better ; detestable, stupid, degraded Pig of a public? —Texas Si ft ings.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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149THE ANGRY PESSIMIST. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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