Deportmental ditties : and other verses . If you, finally, would rather seek to emulate your father, And become, like him, a self-made millionaire,There are difficulties here, too, since the plutocrats career, too, Is an intricate and troublesome affair;For you have to wrench their money (like a bee extracting honey) From such persons as it happens to belong to,And the growth of public feeling against any form of stealing Is both prevalent and strong, too. 21 B* Deportmental Ditties Then a simple life of pleasure, as a gentleman of leisure,Is the proper kind for evry one to lead, With a dash o
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . If you, finally, would rather seek to emulate your father, And become, like him, a self-made millionaire,There are difficulties here, too, since the plutocrats career, too, Is an intricate and troublesome affair;For you have to wrench their money (like a bee extracting honey) From such persons as it happens to belong to,And the growth of public feeling against any form of stealing Is both prevalent and strong, too. 21 B* Deportmental Ditties Then a simple life of pleasure, as a gentleman of leisure,Is the proper kind for evry one to lead, With a dash of dissipation, just by way of relaxation, And a brainstorm to account for each misdeed ; And the youth of one-and-twenty who has luxuries in plenty,And whose balance at the bank continues healthy, Will confirm my own impression that the pleasantest profession Is professing to be wealthy !. 22 No. IV. THE PROPOSAL In distant pre-Victorian days, When sentiment was still the fashion, And lovers chose becoming waysTo advertise their passion, The etiquette prescribed by Cupid Was not considered dull or stupid. The ardent suitor of that date, Who sought a maidens hand in marriage,Would drive in state to her front-gate, In his ancestral carriage ;And thence, with mien correct and knightly,Proceed to pay his court politely. When Strephon doffed his beaver hat,And humbly knelt before his goddess,Poor Chloes heart went pit-a-pat In her brocaded bodice ;And while he cut these courtly capers,She shrieked and swooned and had the vapours.
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