Ode to a Politician 98

Some are Amateurs 101

 

BOOKISH

 

A PESSIMISTIC VIEW

A little bit of Thackeray,

A little

A little bit of Scott,

A modicum of Dickens just

To tangle up the plot,

A paraphrase of Marryat,

Another from Dumas—

You ask me for a novel, sir,

And I say, there you are.

The pen is greater than the sword,

Of that there is no doubt.

The pen for me whene’er I wish

An enemy to rout.

A pen, a pad, and say a pint

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