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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 

´ 

     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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