MISPLACED LEVITY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XIX, 12 May 1894, Page 445

MISPLACED LEVITY.

Now, when Seddon speaks gravely, or ventures on fun, It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. When a Government by Stout supporters is ' done,' It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. When a party, united and firm as a rock, Is cut up into bits at the very first shock, Though the nation may laugh, and opponents may mock, It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. Letting politics go, if to racing we turn, It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. If you plunge on two horses, a big pile to earn. It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. You have fifty on each, and a sweet smile you don When one wins and one loses, but when you anon Are informed that the winner is ten to one on. It’s a subject that musn’t be treated with levity. When the amateur mummer takes * Hamlet’ in band, Il’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. He should cut all the lines that he can’t understand, It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. It is true, even then, that to untutored brats Tn the gods he may seem the most arrant of fiats ; But no • Hamlet ’ should ever be greeted with ‘ Rats !’ It’s a subject that mustn't be treated with levity. When you tell your last girl the old story of love, It’s a subject that mustn’t be treated with levity. Don’t assert you’ll be true as the starlets above. It’s a subject that mustn't be treated with levity. You may mean to be true, and yet copy the tricks That conduced to the feminine shaver’s sad fix ; But she proved, by her method of snuffing out Wicks, It’s a subject tht mustn’t be treated with levity. Adapted from Pink 'un.