DAMP JOE.
(By "BACK-YARD DBIPPLING.") A fool -there wa« and he Pressed hi« town, Even is you and I! . .__ , In a rag and a stick, and the raom came down And mixed the paint, yet he didn't care, But he just looked on with * vacant stare, Even aa you and I. A fool there was and his money he spent, Even as you and I! And it didnH matter whiobi way he went, The rain it followed its natural bent, And everywhere the colours got blent In streaks of denial dye, Oh, the wood we waste apd the tag we waste, And the work of our head and hand, Belong to an art we do not know, 'And now we know why we do not know, And do not understand. Oh, the toil we iost and the spoil we lost In arches the streets which spanned. For now we know our work wae vain, Wo ought to have reokoned on -the rain, But we did not understand". And it isn't the shame end it isnH the blame. Thai makea of the mind a prey — It's knowing "the Koya-1 pair will know We didn't know what we ought to know, That rags which drip and drip below Look much like washing day. Tbe fool got wet through his foolish dress, Even as you and I— But «t ieast he mighit hanre made a gueSß That th-e Tain of his wigs would make » mess, And leave them bedraggled and) tooking-— yes, Even like you. and I.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7132, 22 June 1901, Page 4
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254DAMP JOE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7132, 22 June 1901, Page 4
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