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And how they'd shun me one by one ´ An unforgiving group�察�MATILDA ´
I stopped their howls and sulky scowls By pizening their soup�察�
MATILDA� �
So pause to think�察 �before you drink The dregs of Lethe's cup�察�
MATILDA�察�Remember�察�do�察�what I've gone through�察�Before you give me
up�察 �MATILDA。 Recall again the mental pain Of what I've had to do�察�
MATILDA�察 �And be assured that I've endured It�察 �all along of you�察�
MATILDA� �
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Ballad�此 �The Reverend Simon
Magus
A rich advowson�察�highly prized�察�For private sale was advertised�察�And
many a parson made a bid�察�The REVEREND SIMON MAGUS did。
He sought the agent's�此 �Agent�察�I Have come prepared at once to buy
��If your demand is not too big�� The Cure of Otium´cum´Digge。;
;Ah� ─�said the agent�察 �THERE'S a berth ´ The snuggest vicarage on
earth�察�No sort of duty ��so I hear���察�And fifteen hundred pounds a year� �
;If on the price we should agree�察�The living soon will vacant be�察�The
good incumbent's ninety five�察�And cannot very long survive。
See ´ here's his photograph ´ you see�察�He's in his dotage。; ;Ah�察�dear
me� �Poor soul� ─ �said SIMON。 ;His decease Would be a merciful
release� ─�
The agent laughed ´ the agent blinked ´ The agent blew his nose and
winked ´ And poked the parson's ribs in play ´ It was that agent's vulgar
way。
The REVEREND SIMON frowned�此 �I grieve This light demeanour
to perceive�察�It's scarcely COMME IL FAUT�察�I think�此�Now ´ pray oblige me
´ do not wink。
;Don't dig my waistcoat into holes ´ Your mission is to sell the souls
Of human sheep and human kids To that divine who highest bids。
;Do well in this�察�and on your head Unnumbered honours will be shed。;
The agent said�察 �Well�察�truth to tell�察�I HAVE been doing very well。;
;You should�察─�said SIMON�察 �at your age�察�But now about the parsonage。
How many rooms does it contain�拭�Show me the photograph again。
;A poor apostle's humble house Must not be too luxurious�察�No stately
halls with oaken floor ´ It should be decent and no more。
; No billiard´rooms ´ no stately trees ´ No croquet´grounds or
pineries。; ;Ah� ─�sighed the agent�察 �very true�此�This property won't do for
you。;
;All these about the house you'll find。; ´ ;Well�察─ �said the parson�察�
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;never mind�察�I'll manage to submit to these Luxurious superfluities。
;A clergyman who does not shirk The various calls of Christian work�察�
Will have no leisure to employ These 'common forms' of worldly joy。
;To preach three times on Sabbath days ´ To wean the lost from
wicked ways ´ The sick to soothe ´ the sane to wed ´ The poor to feed with
meat and bread�察�
;These are the various wholesome ways In which I'll spend my nights
and days�此�My zeal will have no time to cool At croquet�察�archery�察�or pool。;
The agent said�察 �From what I hear�察�This living will not suit�察 �I fear ´
There are no poor�察�no sick at all�察�For services there is no call。;
The reverend gent looked grave�察 �Dear me� �Then there is NO 'society'�拭�
´ I mean�察�of course�察�no sinners there Whose souls will be my special care�拭─�
The cunning agent shook his head�察 �No�察 �none ´ except; ´ ��the agent
said�� ´ ;The DUKE OF A。�察 �the EARL OF B。�察 �The MARQUIS C。�察 �and
VISCOUNT D。
;But you will not be quite alone�察�For though they've chaplains of their
own�察�Of course this noble well´bred clan Receive the parish clergyman。;
;Oh�察�silence�察�sir� ─�said SIMON M。�察 �Dukes ´ Earls� �What should I
care for them�拭�These worldly ranks I scorn and flout� ─ �Of course�察─ �the
agent said�察 �no doubt� ─�
;Yet I might show these men of birth The hollowness of rank on
earth。; The agent answered�察 �Very true ´ But I should not�察�if I were you。;
;Who sells this rich advowson�察�pray�拭─�The agent winked ´ it was his
way ´ ;His name is HART�察�'twixt me and you�察�He is�察�I'm grieved to say�察�a
Jew� ─�
;A Jew�拭─�said SIMON�察 �happy find� �I purchase this advowson�察�mind。
My life shall be devoted to Converting that unhappy Jew� ─�
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Ballad�此 �Damon v。 Pythias
Two better friends you wouldn't pass Throughout a summer's day�察�
Than DAMON and his PYTHIAS�察 � Two merchant princes they。
At school together they contrived All sorts of boyish larks�察�And�察�later
on�察�together thrived As merry merchants' clerks。
And then�察 �when many years had flown�察�They rose together till They
bought a business of their own ´ And they conduct it still。
They loved each other all their lives�察 �Dissent they never knew�察�And�察�
stranger still�察�their very wives Were rather friendly too。
Perhaps you think�察�to serve my ends�察�These statements I refute�察�When I
admit that these dear friends Were parties to a suit�拭�
But 'twas a friendly action�察 �for Good PYTHIAS�察 �as you see�察 �Fought
merely as executor�察�And DAMON as trustee。
They laughed to think�察 �as through the throng Of suitors sad they
passed�察�That they�察�who'd lived and loved so long�察�Should go to law at last。
The junior briefs they kindly let Two sucking counsel hold�察 �These
learned persons never yet Had fingered suitors' gold。
But though the happy suitors two Were friendly as could be�察�Not so the
junior counsel who Were earning maiden fee。
They too�察�till then�察�were friends。 At school They'd done each other's
sums�察�And under Oxford's gentle rule Had been the closest chums。
But now they met with scowl and grin In every public place�察�And often
snapped their fingers in Each other's learned face。
It almost ended in a fight When they on path or stair Met face to face。
They made it quite A personal affair。
And when at length the case was called ��It came on rather late���察�
Spectators really were appalled To see their deadly hate。
One junior rose ´ with eyeballs tense�察�And swollen frontal veins�此�To all
his powers of eloquence He gave the fullest reins。
His argument was novel ´ for A verdict he relied On blackening the
junior Upon the other side。
;Oh�察─ �said the Judge�察 �in robe and fur�察 �The matter in dispute To
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arbitration pray refer ´ This is a friendly suit。;
And PYTHIAS�察 �in merry mood�察 �Digged DAMON in the side�察 �And
DAMON�察�tickled with the feud�察�With other digs replied。
But oh� �those deadly counsel twain�察 �Who were such friends before�察�
Were never reconciled again ´ They quarrelled more and more。
At length it happened that they met On Alpine heights one day�察�And
thus they paid each one his debt�察�Their fury had its way ´
They seized each other in a trice�察�With scorn and hatred filled�察�And�察�
falling from a precipice�察�They�察�both of them�察�were killed。
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Ballad�此 �My Dream
The other night�察 �from cares exempt�察 �I slept ´ and what d'you think I
dreamt�拭�I dreamt that somehow I had come To dwell in Topsy´Turveydom
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Where vice is virtue ´ virtue�察�vice�此�Where nice is nasty ´ nasty�察�nice�此�
Where right is wrong and wrong is right ´ Where white is black and black
is white。
Where babies�察 �much to their surprise�察 �Are born astonishingly wise�察�
With every Science on their lips�察�And Art at all their finger´tips。
For�察 �as their nurses dandle them They crow binomial theorem�察 �With
views ��it seems absurd to us�� On differential calculus。
But though a babe�察�as I have said�察�Is born with learning in his head�察�He
must forget it�察�if he can�察�Before he calls himself a man。
For that which we call folly here�察�Is wisdom in that favoured sphere�察�
The wisdom we so highly prize Is blatant folly in their eyes。
A boy�察�if he would push his way�察�Must learn some nonsense every day�察�
And cut�察�to carry out this view�察�His wisdom teeth and wisdom too。
Historians burn their midnight oils�察�Intent on giant´killers' toils�察�And
sages close their aged eyes To other sages' lullabies。
Our magistrates�察 �in duty bound�察 �Commit all robbers who are found�察�
But there the Beaks ��so people said�� Commit all robberies instead。
Our Judges�察 �pure and wise in tone�察 �Know crime from theory alone�察�
And glean the motives of a thief From books and popular belief。
But there�察 �a Judge who wants to prime His mind with true ideas of
crime�察�Derives them from the common sense Of practical experience。
Policemen march all folks away Who practise virtue every day ´ Of
course�察�I mean to say�察�you know�察�What we call virtue here below。
For only scoundrels dare to do What we consider just and true�察�And
only good men do�察�in fact�察�What we should think a dirty act。
But strangest of these social twirls�察�The girls
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