George Augustus Baker, Jr. Cold Poems

• 1. Matinal Musings
  Ten o'clock! Well, I'm sure I can't help it!
  I'm up go away from the door!
  Now, children, I'll speak to your mother
  If you pound there like that any more.
  ...
• 2. In The Record Room, Surrogate's Office
  A tomb where legal ghouls grow fat;
  Where buried papers, fold on fold,
  Crumble to dust, that 'thwart the sun
  Floats dim, a pallid ghost of gold.
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• 3. Jack And Me
  Shine! All right; here y'are, boss!
  Do it for jest five cents.
  Get 'em fixed in a minute,
  That is, 'f nothing perwents.
  ...
• 4. Per Aspera Ad Astra
  A canvas-back duck, rarely roasted, between us,
  A bottle of Chambertin, worthy of praise
  Less noble a wine at our age would bemean us
  A salad of celery en mayonnaise,
  ...
• 5. Christmas Greens
  Oh, Lowbury pastor is fair and young,
  By far too good for a single life,
  And many a maiden, saith gossip's tongue,
  Would fain be Lowbury pastor's wife:
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• 6. A Reformer
  You call me trifler, fainë©ant,
  And bid me give my life an aim!
  You're most unjust, dear. Hear me out,
  And own your hastiness to blame.
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• 7. The Mothers Of The Sirens
  The dë©butantes are in force to-night,
  Sweet as their roses, pure as truth;
  Dreams of beauty in clouds of tulle;
  Blushing, fair in their guileless youth.
  ...

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