Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 08

<h2><SPAN name="HARD10" id="HARD10"></SPAN>HARD<SPAN name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></SPAN><SPAN href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</SPAN></h2> <h3>BY TOM MASSON</h3> <p><span style="margin-left: 1em;">I wrote some foolish verses once</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">On love. Unhappy churl!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The metre makes me shudder still,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">I sent them to a girl.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">I know that girl, and if I should,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Like Byron, wake some day</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">To find Fame written on my brow,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">She'd give those lines away.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">So now I have to watch myself</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Each hour. Oh, hapless plight!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For if I should be great, of course,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Those lines would come to light.</span><br/> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_1626" id="Page_1626"></SPAN></span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />