Reply to ' Stow It.' (Obsekveb, 2nd Jnne). . Respectfnlly dedicated, without special permission, to ' Dnnboy ' (Dunedin Stir), to whom I am indebted for all the quota tions. ' There's a time a cove may argne, There's a time when he may talk,' There's a time, alaB ! whsn he may .turn poet ; "When his stevedore intentions no earthly power can baulk, Till he dashes off some ' little thing ' like ' Stow It. 1 1 There's a time a cove may argue,' . There's a time a cove cannot ; When the Jingo spirit's got him by the nose, When his rhyme is, without; reason, What ia vulgarly called ' rot,' And he seems to do the ' stowing ' with his toes. . When his brother Bill is fighting, He at home is doing the writing ' When the tide of battle surges to and fro,' ' When his nations blood is flowing ' Sits at ease, advising 'Stowing,' Spills his ink and warbles : ' Stow, Stow, Stow.' ' While old England is unaided By the nations of the earth, Who are waiting for a chance to strike a~ blow,' Here's ' Dunboy ' content to write, While the other fellows fight, And bis pen alone does damage to the foe. ' He may call himself a Briton, And say his motive's pure ; But if he loves his oountry, why uot show it; Or bottle up his couv^nl Till he goes, and :■-:. «s the Boer.' That's more patriotic far tban crying, ', Stow it.' No BOSK; Auckland, sth June, 1900.
For Services Rendered. While Takapuna Suffers.
Forj Bros., Thames. Captain Grant LATE ADJUTANT AUCKLAND DISTEICT.
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