Verse--Old & New

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19130, 26 September 1936, Page 10

Verse--Old & New

A Dog's Prayer " On a bench the master broods with eyes That unregarding seem; His dog, half bold, half shy, persuasion tries To break into his dream, Passionate yearning for some dimib desire In every line expressed, The coaxing tail, the body pressing higher To gently paw his breast. Hut on the brow revered he reads a Crown, And, acquiescing, falters down, And, failure soon forgotten, lies content, Not questioning that high arbitra- ' ment. " So do men pray, or rather pray they should, Nor reverence the less Their Godj though he deny them, for their good, A fancied happiness." —H. Ji. PYATT, .in the Scotsman. A Financial Alphabet " A was an Auditor, arrantly blind. B was a broker, who just, didn't mind; C was a Company, launched in the City, D the Directors, at large, more's the pity. E was an Expert, ecstatic enough, i' was the Fee he was paid for his puff; (I was the Glint of the Company's Gold, 11 was the Haste in which Holdings were sold. . I was the Interest bought on advice, J was the Juggling to keep up the price; K was the Knighthood the Chairman was after, L was the Lawyer —forgive me my Laughter. M was the .Money the Manager drew, N was the Nominee Nobody knew; 0 was the Office, palatial and tali, i' was the Public who paid for it all. Q was the question of Market Quotations, II was the Row and the itude Aceu sat ions; S 3 was the Shareholder, {Shouting foi blood, T was the Tact that nipped that in the bud; 0 was Urbanity, taking the Chair, V was the Voter who Voted him there. iV's Wall Si reel, and —don't, say I said it — X was the Extent of I he Company'« credit. Y was !he Yield of the current. Year's trade, And Z stood lor Zero, the dividend paid." "8.D.C.," in the Manchester Guardian.