. The sibyl. HIDDIGEIGEI-EPIC CAT OF CHARACTER. (Soliloquizing.) Many an obscure problem have IWell revolved within my cat-heartUntil solved and nicely cleared up;But theres one remains a mystry,Still unsolved and imdigested:Why do people kiss each other?Tis not hatred — for they bite not,Dont in hunger eat each other;Neither can it be just aimlessBlind nonsense, for in all things theyreWise , and knowing in their , then, still in vain I ask it,Why do people kiss each other?Why particularly young onesAnd why these mostly in spring-time?On these points I will to-morrow,On the roof of
. The sibyl. HIDDIGEIGEI-EPIC CAT OF CHARACTER. (Soliloquizing.) Many an obscure problem have IWell revolved within my cat-heartUntil solved and nicely cleared up;But theres one remains a mystry,Still unsolved and imdigested:Why do people kiss each other?Tis not hatred — for they bite not,Dont in hunger eat each other;Neither can it be just aimlessBlind nonsense, for in all things theyreWise , and knowing in their , then, still in vain I ask it,Why do people kiss each other?Why particularly young onesAnd why these mostly in spring-time?On these points I will to-morrow,On the roof of my old a little closer. From the German bv Scheffel. 104 RAGS-THE UNPOETIC CAMPUS (Replying.) Hey, old friend, s that all your trouble? You just ought to come to college! Here youd find some greater mystries Which to solve would make your head ache. Students have the queerest ways of Naming things, and twisting meanings Tantalizing to all strangers. Hear them talk of points and pushes Running up and trusting ponies And the like of dark expressions That would puzzle any dogs brain. Yet thosere fun compared to others Which arc even worse than riddles: Why does Bill Charles worship Baal? What makes Tommy look so happ}-, Landis so extremely pale? Why so fond of th mountain is Blanche, why Trudie of the Buckeye? O, the mystry of such prohlcms — Its a constant source of worry. Certnly Ulrich needs a Dot and Patricks Kirk requires a licll — but How could Scott (land) without scruples Eer dethrone a king like Charles? What on earth can l)e tlic meaning Of such tangled comliinations? Who can tell me, friend or foe? O, relieve my anxious pining And restore peace to
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