VAINGLORY.
Oh, why is Mary Jane so proud And why does she appear To pity so the little crowd Of children standing near ? Her pride has soaied to such a pitch It animates her nose ! Observe the angle, pray, at which That useful feature grows. And see how envy (monstrous birth ') Has spread its sickly hue On each young face. To what on earth Is all this envy due ' Ah, listen to that wail, you should — " She thinks herself a toff ; But Billy's pretty nigh as good, 'E's 'ad the 'ooping-cough. " Jemimarann 'as 'ad the mumps, An' toofache, too, quite bad ; An' me — I tell you straight, it's lumps Of hawful things I ye 'ad." What means this highly cryptic speech Eespecting Maiy Jane ? And why these whispers, each to each, And wherefore her disdain 9 'Tis simj.ly this. The children please In rivalry to boast Which one has had the worst disease, And who has suffered most ; And not a soul, they have td own, Has had an equal slice Of luck, for Maiy Jane alone Has had the measles twice.
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Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 131, 3 January 1903, Page 7
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182VAINGLORY. Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 131, 3 January 1903, Page 7
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