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− | ... | + | {{Style P-Poem|poem=Jokes on the Slate, to raise the laugh, |
+ | Are hitherto one-sided. | ||
+ | Upon the other (half-and-half !) | ||
+ | I’ve written and derided. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <center>I.</center> | ||
+ | One ray, at last, of penetrating light, | ||
+ | Hath pierced the darkness of our mental night. | ||
+ | So simple all supreme discoveries are ! | ||
+ | But this is the supremest, simplest, far— | ||
+ | The only one in all the world who knew. | ||
+ | The young man made his juvenile ''début'' ; | ||
+ | He came, saw, conquered, Cæsar-like, elate ! | ||
+ | Let him be crowned, then, Seizer of the Slate ! | ||
+ | |||
+ | <center>II.</center> | ||
+ | A young man to the Barber’s went, | ||
+ | And did the Shaver seize, and | ||
+ | Charged him with barbarous intent | ||
+ | To cut the young man’s weasand. | ||
+ | ''“’Tis useless to deny the fact; | ||
+ | In vain you threat or pray, Sir ! | ||
+ | I swear I caught you in the act; | ||
+ | Your hand teas on the razor ! ”'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <center>III.</center> | ||
+ | ’Tis trickery, So you needn’t “ try | ||
+ | The spirits,”—fatal reason why. | ||
+ | The case is in a nutshell curled. | ||
+ | Crack it. ''There is no spirit world.'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | <center>IV.</center> | ||
+ | So clever, confident, and young, | ||
+ | ’Twere just as well had he been hung ! | ||
+ | ''“ Good heavens ! What has the young man done ? ”'' | ||
+ | Married .... to .... Mrs. Partington ! | ||
+ | She met the Ocean with a Mop ; | ||
+ | He tried the other world to stop. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <center>V.</center> | ||
+ | The apostle bade us “''try the spirits'',” | ||
+ | And judge them fairly, on their merits ; | ||
+ | But did not clear instructions give | ||
+ | For catching things so fugitive | ||
+ | As spirits, in the Lawyer’s sieve ; | ||
+ | And, possibly, he might retort, | ||
+ | “ ''I didn't mean at Bow Street Court !''”}} |
Revision as of 06:13, 22 April 2022
< A Budget of Avient Dreams (continued from page 3-190) >
The Seven Planetary Spheres
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Epigrams
Jokes on the Slate, to raise the laugh, One ray, at last, of penetrating light, A young man to the Barber’s went, ’Tis trickery, So you needn’t “ try So clever, confident, and young, The apostle bade us “try the spirits,” |