HISTORY
Tfca great events of history I love to ponder so, Whilst other subjects I should learn I always let them go. Eon instance, I delight to think Of Nelson and the spider, How sturdy Bruce won Waterloo, And Tom. Mix —what a rider! Then Georgie Washington, I see, To prison he was sent; He would persist in _ blowing up The House of Parliament. Then riding past I see King John, A lazy mm was he; He even left the cakes to burn JSVhen they -were meant for tea. I see on Flodden’s fateful eve Pitt, with fiat contradictions, Refuse to go without his tea (On account of gas restrictions). Such scenes will make you all agree That time is wisely passed In fagging history all day long To know so much at last.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12531, 21 August 1926, Page 16
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134HISTORY New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12531, 21 August 1926, Page 16
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