CURSED BE HE
CURSED BE HE that wenretb a neckcloth of strange colours that he be known of all men as one of those and such as those. CURSED BE HE that setteth up a portable gramophone in gfeen pastures' or on tlie waters of peace or upon the sands of the sea. CURSED BE HE that huiklelh a bungalow in the dwelling-place of beauty. CURSED BE HE that asketh' to smoko where it is written: Hero ye not smoke. CURSED BE HE that, '-utiet.li in and he that, hohletji the crown ot the uvay at twenty. CURBED ■BE HE that) listlessly seoketh after foreign stations and polluteth' the air with bowlings. • CURSED BE ITE that lioldcth an. inquest, after, bridge, yea, verily, trumps shall fa’il him unto evorlwsting. CURSED BE HE that readeth in a loud voice that which is written in "Punch” when no,man willeth to hear him. CURSED' BE 'SHE- % that| maketh crimson her lips at meat, yea,, she that powclereth her countenance in the place where men sup. OUIISED BE -.SHE that sooth about like unto an ancient mariner, telling' her (Dreams! —ALLAN M. LA TNG', in the “New Statesman and Na-t Son.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12521, 5 April 1935, Page 3
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197CURSED BE HE Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12521, 5 April 1935, Page 3
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