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Show I Complaint of a Lover Hjl A grouchy nnd crotchety, fussy old man, Hfl Whoso stick on tho walk bents a rat- Hi a-tat-tat, HjB Tho cut of his coat on an old-fashioned Hh HJI A shiny, rod noso and a worn beaver I Hfl A blaro of defiance, he trumpets his nose, flfll Ho cknrs his hoarso throat with h he- IflB he-ho-heinl HI But tho Eirl on his arm, Bho's us fair as flflH a rose, IH How crow such a flower on such a gnarled stem! HH Ha bushes his eyebrows and scowls upon IH H His stick with a click beats tho walk Hfl 3 we pass. Hfl Ills scowl wastes the bloom of a smile flfll that I see H And frccr.es It stiff on the lips of the B lass. I JIo raises his hat with a Chestei field air, HI Tho swcop of his arm Is chill courtesy's HM sign, HI 'But his eyes pass mo by with an unseeing HM Btnio, Hi If blood wero for spilling he d dabblajn HI mine - Han There's pride In tho white crest uplifted so high. Defiant tho tilt of the old beaver hat. Contempt In the stnro of tho unknowing eye, And the click of his stick with Its rat-a-tat-tat. He spurns me. he scorns me, ho hates mo he knows Ira nursing In secret some pilfering plan To pluck from Its parental arbor th roso Thnt rests on tho arm of this fussy old man. So ho passes mo by with an unseeing stare. Ills cunu beats duflnntly rat-n-tnt-tnt, He trumpets his noso with a furious blare, Theie's pride In the tilt of his worn benvcr lint. Love tuny laugh nt locksmiths, nor hnz-and hnz-and a care In bridging most gulfs of despair with a spun nut lovo needs moro coitrago than mine hns, I swear, To Inugh nt thU crotchety, fussy old man. I J W Foley, In New York Times. t 1 |
