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Show Respectable By ?. W. W. Widden Of all the things that go to make This life of ours delectable, There's nothing add such precious weight As the one word "Respectable." But mind, it matters not so much What one has done in by-gone years, To mar the statue of the man. As how the person now appears. There may be low bred, vulgar traits, To mind and heart delectable, But when thrice plated o'er with gold They'll ? as quite "respectable." One who has riches may ?, (it is so ordinarily), With all their virtues and their ? And hold their own right cheerily. Forever gone the good old ring, (We say it with civility), The genuine ring that went to make Old-time respectability. |