THE DAY AFTER.
... ■ — . i (By One Who Knows.) Oh. tho tired, troubled feeling ! The sensation of despair ! ;\ When a fanged regret com 6s stealing Like the tiger from its lair.' When you sigh, "I am not what I was," And remark, with sad appealing, "Is this your gift, O Santa Glaus— This tii f ed, tired feeling f'* : Oh. the tired 1 , trampted feeling, When the ceiling seems the door, And the flooi* becomes the ceiling > When t)ie ceiling seems the floor, When you #rowl, "Tilings are not what they seem," ; And inquire, m tcnes congealing, "0, Santa, is it all a dream— This tired t tiyed feeling?" Oh. t,he.truly-ruiral feeling, Brought about by too much "quoting," I r *FUHng «p the cup," and dealing I Ac m Plurnl-ooral voting, Whsn you groan, "Tite Never-Ncver- . Was, And the Might-Have-Been are reeling: It's the Never-Again, old Santa Clans*— OH-!, This tired, tired, feeling." — g.f.r.a:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11157, 21 December 1907, Page 9 (Supplement)
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153THE DAY AFTER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11157, 21 December 1907, Page 9 (Supplement)
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