More Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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"You should," said SIMON, "at your age;
But now about the parsonage. How many rooms does it contain? Show me the photograph again. "A poor apostle's humble house Must not be too luxurious; No stately halls with oaken floor-- It should be decent and no more. " No billiard-rooms--no stately trees-- No croquet-grounds or pineries." "Ah!" sighed the agent, "very true: This property won't do for you." "All these about the house you'll find."-- "Well," said the parson, "never mind; I'll manage to submit to these Luxurious superfluities. "A clergyman who does not shirk The various calls of Christian work, Will have no leisure to employ These 'common forms' of worldly joy. "To preach three times on Sabbath days-- To wean the lost from wicked ways-- The sick to soothe--the sane to wed-- The poor to feed with meat and bread; |
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