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Show HEARD IT KEFOKK. Washington Post. ' You tell htm a Joke yoii relied on as now He smiles In a wearisome way. --From --From a comedy new you recite hint a bit; He says he saw that at the play. You give hliu a story that never yet fulled To set all who heard It in a roar; He nods half approval and turns him away, And murmurs, "I've heard It before." The girl whom you woo In your tendered tone Whose heart you are seeking to g:iin, Listens coldly to all you may have to protest, Seeming only to wish you'd refrain. You seek for some phrase not totally trite, And e'en the thesaurus explore; It's all of no use, and you bid hergoodby You see, she has heard It before. How sad it must be to go onward like this, Wi th nothing on earth to enjoy, And never make anyone happy yourself, And only llnd things to annoy. His life like an orange whose juices are gone, 'Tis a dry, empty shell, and no more. Alas ! He Is much to be pitied, not blamed The man who has heard it before. |