Deportmental ditties : and other verses . A villa near the common task is all Id ask, And lots of trivial rounds,If only I had £60,000 ! If I had £60,000, I would do good by stealth,Nor close my purse, with ducal curse, When Budgets taxed my , on the cheap, I have to keep My charities in bounds:I havent got that £60,000 ! 106 THE RING AND THE BOOK (The Rev. Father Bernard Vaughan has been photographed with Tommy Burnt, the famous prize-fighter.) All those who wake at early dawn,And read their morning paper through, Are sure to get from Father VaughanA paragraph or two. No p
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . A villa near the common task is all Id ask, And lots of trivial rounds,If only I had £60,000 ! If I had £60,000, I would do good by stealth,Nor close my purse, with ducal curse, When Budgets taxed my , on the cheap, I have to keep My charities in bounds:I havent got that £60,000 ! 106 THE RING AND THE BOOK (The Rev. Father Bernard Vaughan has been photographed with Tommy Burnt, the famous prize-fighter.) All those who wake at early dawn,And read their morning paper through, Are sure to get from Father VaughanA paragraph or two. No public man, we must confess, Supplies more copy to the Press. With what a stinging, verbal switch The shoulders of the Smart he wThacked; The lap-dogs of the vulgar richHow nobly he attacked; Earning enough advertisement To make a very Caine content ! And now (forgive me if I laugh !)For further fame his spirit yearns, And so he shares a photographWith Mr. Tommy Burns. A group half human, half divine Where priest and pugilist 107 Deportmental Ditties Oh! Why did not Bassano takeMadrali and the Abbey choir ? While Canon Wilberforce could makeA group with Gunner Moir, And Canon Hensley Henson split A cabinet with Hackenschmidt. In vain we haunt Miss Hughess doors,And Langfiers windows wildly watch, For views of Prebendary StoresCongratulating Gotch, Or Zbysco practising some falls With Canon Newbolt of St. Pauls. For such a pose we vainly searchThe annals of our English Church ! 108 THE DEVOUT PLOVER c-All mankind lovea a Emerson,) The tireless notes from cuckoos throatsProclaim the advent of the Spring; The nightingales melodious wailsTheir vernal message bring ; From myriad beaks come cheerful squeaks,On cocoa-nuts where coal-tits cling, While tuneful trills from blackbirds billsMake all the meadows ring. Yet where can any man discover A bird more pleasing than the plover? On velvet lawn, from early dawn, The stately peacock loves to flingHis fan of eyes to
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