Israel Elijah Perfection Poems
- 1. Give Me A Chance
I plead for a chance,
only for you to smile at me like a shiny rotten wood.
I ask for a chance on your own standards,
but you demand and expect perfection.
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by Eugene Field
The women-folk are like to books,-
Most pleasing to the eye,
Whereon if anybody looks
He feels disposed to buy.
I hear that many are for sale,-
Those that record no dates,
And such editions as regale
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