THE CRUEL CARTOONIST.
The cruel cartoonist may caper with glee, As he screws on his glasses the better to see Each fault in the form and the face of the man Who’s unlucky enough to come under the ban ; But bis wit and the work that he puts on the sheet, From the droop in the nose to the corns on the feet, Help many a fool to perceive in the glass That he’s not ready yet for the thoroughbred class. The cruel cartoonist's not cruel at all, And his heart’s just as big as his income is small, For he follows Bill Shakespeare, and works with his pen, Upholding to nature the meanness of men. Their faults and their frailties, their pomp and their pride. He opens them up and shows what’s inside, For there’s lots of balloons puffed away up with gas. That when pricked collapse out of the thoroughbred class.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue IX, 21 August 1897, Page 288
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153THE CRUEL CARTOONIST. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue IX, 21 August 1897, Page 288
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