PANTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5686, 3 October 1896, Page 7

PANTS.

(Bearings.) I am wiling to pay for a half-page display In heavy-faced letters, declaring That I'll give a new dime for a word that will rhyinu With the garments fair cyclistes are wearing. So g' ve mo some space in'a prominent place And send a sight draft for the payment : Though it takes lay last cent, I'll remit with content When supplied with a rhyme for such— raiment. Only poets can know the extent ot my woe 1 When intent on some brilliant effusion — I am knocked out of time for the lack of a rhyme Conveying the needful allusion. I mi^ht fill up my purai writing bicycle verse, At the price it is usually rated, But my troubles intrude wiie 1 1 strive to allndo To the cycle girl's garb bifurcated. I could reel oft' dend loads of good sonnets and odes; • I am sure they'd he regular sj-01-sou?ers ; Bm; a mention of bre«clios would forfeit my riches And how can I use the word " trousers" ? So please giva my ad. the best place to be had, And, meanwhile, I'll go down in my lockers And fish out a dime fora word that will rhyme With those togs that are not knickerbockers.