VARYING VIEWS.

Observer, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 16 November 1912, Page 14

VARYING VIEWS.

Came a helpless little babe To this world of good and ill ; Thinking of the cost of meat, : Thinking of the grocer's bill, i Cried his parents practical : i " Here's another mouth to fill \" Thinking of the secret tryst, Joy which none would want-to miss, Mindful of the moonlight nights, Thinking of the stolen bliss, Cried the maiden fanciful : "Here's another mouth to kiss." Thinking of the flow of words No device avails to balk. Shuddering at speeches long Made in public life and walk, Cried the person cynical : ' " Here's another mouth to talk."