BORN THAT WAY.
(By AV.'J.T MASON.) Some /folks are born with spirits, sour their nature is to whine f the i l lt , tlleir "atal hour, werobad- • °1 i hoy came comphining to the earth, and squawk through alb then- days, and they can scene ~cnao in mirth, thov frown on iovons jays, i hey choose the grimmest "sort of .creed that’s filled with thm.ts 5 pain; for there is nadght will fit their need, that’s pleasant, kind or sane ihoy arc tlio sad and gloomy freaks who groan with every bretulf who see the bloom on maiden dweks and la k of worms and death. Tu vain he optimist may try to cheer up gento •ke these; they’ll answer with a (IS,n.al hI K U r „, >',■* gladdest, brightest wheeze. They’ll sav his logic, blithe ;', ncl ,.! J , ia , ve ’ , ls sounding brassthey II drool a while about the grave’ and claim all flesh is grass. Th™ quote an epitaph.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 20000, 16 July 1920, Page 6
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