Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Humorist



Who tries to make people laugh?
     The humorist;
Who grinds his daily string of chaff?
     The humorist.
Who wracks his brain from stem to stern
To do a daily funny turn,
That he a bone or two may earn?
     The humorist.

Who’s pictured fat, with laughing face?
     The humorist;
Who’s thought good natured, full of grace?
     The humorist.
Who’s lean and lank and bowed with care,
Whose head no longer knows its hair,
Who carries round a tombstone air?
     The humorist!

Who digs all day, with heart of woe?
     The humorist;
For chestnuts of the long ago?
     The humorist.
Who drags him home, his spirit broke,
To put his head and feet to soak,
Because he’s tried to crack a joke?
     The humorist.



March 19, 1913
For Col. #1.
Sent to B.Journal

Mar. 20, ‘13 

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