More Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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"SIR HERBERT, you've a head
That teems with inhumanity. "Here's Murder, Envy, Strife (Propensity to kill any), And Lies as large as life, And heaps of Social Villany. "Here's Love of Bran-New Clothes, Embezzling--Arson--Deism-- A taste for Slang and Oaths, And Fraudulent Trusteeism. "Here's Love of Groundless Charge-- Here's Malice, too, and Trickery, Unusually large Your bump of Pocket-Pickery--" "Stop!" said the Bart., "my cup Is full--I'm worse than him in all; Policeman, take me up-- No doubt I am some criminal!" That Pleeceman's scorn grew large (Phrenology had nettled it), He took that Bart. in charge-- I don't know how they settled it. |
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