A Prouder Man than You.
If jou fancy tiist y *ur parent* come of ' Hcfwr itnrk than mine. If you hint «>f higher bmding hy a j word or hy • ; If ) u ar*- proud irmint of fortune, or ! Um vb »rr things you do— I iuMti I U play u-) second lid die— lin a I prouder man than you. If you Hunk thm y <»<u probation ha* file j And that you ar* condescending t*- be I seen along with tne : Tf yon notne that l'ui shabby while your .-lother are apace and new. You ha\f only a<>t t*> lnnt it.—l in a pro.cW man than yon. If \on hat** a ’•well companion when you are me on the street. uiBMO lot you “ toney friend to nu-et 4 Vj that 1 m pxaung closely fail to come w ithin your riew— Than, be Mirj to ma for ever! I'm a prouder tuan than you. If y>nr character is bln—lam If your outer past is dean. V\ hde tis known my »ntmtlf»li not what they should have been. Im not nsk contamination —save your name what e’er you do. juris o feather, dy together. " I'm a prouder man than you. Keep to ir patronage for others! Oold and satin canuot hide Friendship that can laugh at fertune, fhend«hip that can murder pride! Offer this as to an " * qua]." let me see that you ara true ! And my wail of pndc is shattered—l am not so pr<>ud as you. • lba above odmnaWc versts were oriftnaHy published in the Sydney Bulletin. and the author was inspired to an> them be the eaddishne— displayed by *om» of hi* former friends.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 93, 29 December 1893, Page 4
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A Prouder Man than You.
Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 93, 29 December 1893, Page 4
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