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   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) posted:   
      
   >   
   > > The Poor Boy's Christmas   
   > > by Ellis Parker Butler   
   > >   
   > > Observe, my child, this pretty scene,   
   > > And note the air of pleasure keen   
   > > With which the widow's orphan boy   
   > > Toots his tin horn, his only toy.   
   > > What need of costly gifts has he?   
   > > The widow has nowhere to flee.   
   > > And ample noise his horn emits   
   > > To drive the widow into fits.   
   > >   
   > > MORAL:   
   > >   
   > > The philosophic mind can see   
   > > The uses of adversity.   
   >   
   > George Dunce again   
      
   Posted this poem weeks ago.   
      
   HTH and HAND.   
      
   --   
   Poetry and songs of Will Dockery:   
   https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)