WHERE HE FAILED.
He’s a man of vast achievements In a dozen various fields ; There is grandeur, there is pathos In the facile pen he wields; He has written noble poems And produced successful plays. And his de riede novel Has commanded public praise. He has won respect in science. Having made a chart of Mars ; He invented a contrivance Once for ventilating cars : By his own unaided efforts He has earned a pile of pelf. But he scored a dismal failure When he tried to shave himself.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XX, 15 May 1897, Page 624
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88WHERE HE FAILED. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XX, 15 May 1897, Page 624
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