Deportmental ditties : and other verses . A conviction which I shortly hope to shatterâThat the choice of a profession, if effected with dis-cretion, Is a simple sort of matter. For the youthful and the active there is nothing more attractive Than the soldiers gay and glittering attire ;But before you join the Service, pray be certain that your nerve is Fully fitted to support you under fire,And dont let your comrades find you, with your weapons cast behind you, Drawing courage from a surreptitious flagon,Having sought for safety quickest where the bullets were the thickest, In the ammunition
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . A conviction which I shortly hope to shatterâThat the choice of a profession, if effected with dis-cretion, Is a simple sort of matter. For the youthful and the active there is nothing more attractive Than the soldiers gay and glittering attire ;But before you join the Service, pray be certain that your nerve is Fully fitted to support you under fire,And dont let your comrades find you, with your weapons cast behind you, Drawing courage from a surreptitious flagon,Having sought for safety quickest where the bullets were the thickest, In the ammunition wagon !19 Deportmental Ditties If your love of disputation makes you fancy thevocation Of those gentlemen who practise at theBar,You will find, at the beginning, that the wages takesome winning, And that prizes are both few betweenand far;When a brief makes no appearance, simple dogged persever-ance Is the quality most likely to ensnare it,While if clients are persistent in remaining cold and distant, You must merely grin and bear it!. Should you dream of competition with the surgeon or physician Who has patients ever flocking to his gates,Who discovers new diseases, just as often as he pleases,And removes a friends appen-dix while he waits,Kecollect what years of training mustbe occupied in gaining The adroitness of the competenttrepanner,What a lifelong education underlies thereputation For a pleasant bed-side manner ! 20
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