VAGRANT VERSE
THE ORETI ANTHOLOGY. 141. —The Mandarin. (Written for the Southland Times.) ’Tis good to be a Mandarin And state your case with weight, To miss the news for fifty years And. still be up-to-date. The Mandarin Is very wise, He looks it—every way. He has the dignity and size, And he can always pay. In every walk of life you find A calmness in the din, And vision where all else is blind, In short—a Mandarin. Yet nothing pleases half so much To those not on the top, To see, amidst his elegance, The Mandarin go flop! —Southerner. Invercargill, May 28.
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Southland Times, Issue 20497, 28 May 1928, Page 6
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103VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 20497, 28 May 1928, Page 6
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