O Harp Of Life, So Speedily Unstrung!

Day Is A Snow-white Dove Of Heaven That From The East Glad Message Brings. Night Is A Stealthy, Evil Raven, Wrapped To The Eyes In His Black Wings.

After A Debauch Of Thunder-shower, The Weather Takes The Pledge And Signs It With A Rainbow.

What Is Slang In One Age Sometimes Goes Into The Vocabulary Of The Purist In The Next.

Dialect Tempered With Slang Is An Admirable Medium Of Communication Between Persons Who Have Nothing To Say And Persons Who Would Not Care For Anything Properly Said.

Gracious To All, To None Subservient, Without Offense He Spoke The Word He Meant