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 There modern characters with old may jostle,
 * Pygmalion may adore his Galatea;

There flaunt in view the works of the apostle
 * Of modern culture, clothing the idea

That marriage obligation is a fossil:
 * A comedy ensues in which you see a

Pair of Our Boys with whom things go so cross it Comes to an attic & “inferior Dossit.”

And ever, at this period of the year,
 * Strange characters emerge from out the past.
 * Giants & Gnomes, Pixies & Elves appear
 * And over Innocence their spells they case

In vain!—
 * We know their punishment draws near

And the bright Fairy
 * with her wand at last

Will deal out retribution
 * (props erratic),

Whose penalties
 * are mostly acrobatic.

The villain
 * shall become a clown—
 * let’s pray

Hard knocks he may encounter
 * in the rally;

The meaner rogue a pantaloon—
 * they say
 * That being thumped
 * his duty principally

Consists of likewise in the mimic fray
 * Playing the part assigned
 * to old “Aunt Sally,”

While as a stimulant, that
 * seasoned joker,

The clown, revives him with
 * a red-hot poker.

Go to that land & laugh, ye merry crows,
 * Wafted away to Fancy’s bright domain,
 * Where humbling certainly awaits the proud
 * Defeat the wicked; where the villain slain

Exalts the virtuous poor with wealth endowed
 * And life’s dark problems seem to work out plain.

You boys!
 * to play the clown, remember may be

Safe, but don’t try his tricks upon the baby.