. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . pointed, antique noses,And their doublets and their hoses,Meet to talk when business closes,Of the good, old-fashioned days. All unheedful of each mocker,Each arrives and bangs the knocker,And proceeding to his rocker,He begins at once to flay Every sociable and smoker,Every modern, flippant joker,And observes how mediocreIs the joking of KING TIME * All unheedful of inventions, In their queer, old-time conventions,Not a member even mentionsSuch a word as telephone. And they scorn all modern folly,And denounce the useful tro
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . pointed, antique noses,And their doublets and their hoses,Meet to talk when business closes,Of the good, old-fashioned days. All unheedful of each mocker,Each arrives and bangs the knocker,And proceeding to his rocker,He begins at once to flay Every sociable and smoker,Every modern, flippant joker,And observes how mediocreIs the joking of KING TIME * All unheedful of inventions, In their queer, old-time conventions,Not a member even mentionsSuch a word as telephone. And they scorn all modern folly,And denounce the useful trolley,And are seized with melancholyIf they hear a megaphone! And upon a quaint old bracket,Each one hangs his funny jacket,And they have a quaint old racket,In the queer old house they use. You can hear their solemn laughing,And their Puritanic chaffing,And suspicious sounds of quaffing,As they tell their good old news. Of the quaint old times, untainted,Of events quite often painted,And wTith which were all acquainted,But which never lose their spell;67. KING TIME Of the knowledge they acquired,Ere their time on earth expired,And they quietly retiredTo the town of Minutel.
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