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A TALE OF TWO CAREERS

I SUCCESS

does not dress as other men,

His 'kish' is loud and gay,

His 'side' is as the 'side' of ten

Because his 'barnes' are grey.

His head has swollen to a size

Beyond the proper size for heads,

He metaphorically buys

The ground on which he treads.

Before his face of haughty grace

The ordinary mortal cowers:

A 'forty-cap' has put the chap

Into another world from ours.

The funny little world that lies

'Twixt High Street and the Mound

Is just a swarm of buzzing flies

That aimlessly go round:

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