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Lays of Chinatown and Other Verses

George Macdonald Major

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Description:A collection of poems about New York City -- sketches in verse, really, by Major, a minor poet from Brooklyn, who nonetheless closely observed and as chronicler-on-the-street, poetically evoked the Brooklyn streets at the cusp of the 19th & 20th centuries. - its characters, their lingo and patois, their daily lives and livelihoods, above board and below. Major was a man-on-the-street reporter of daily life in this New York enclave, and called it as he saw it, and as well as his natural allotment of poetic gifts would permit. Nonetheless, for bibliophiliacs and their particular brand of addictive pathology, Mr. Major, nailed it:ON BUYING BOOKS (excerpts)"The thirst for drink, teetotallers think, Is most to be deplored --And some folks say the love of play Is equally abhorredAnd other men assert, again, The race-horse is a curse,But my wife looks on buying books As quite as bad, or worse."There is myself, most wretched elf -- At least she says she thinksI'm never broke from chew or smoke Or putting down of drinks;But, oh, what tin I have blown in A bibliomaniac spree,When she, she swore, was dying for Some new-seen jewelry "How can you be so hard to me, Her eye with tears o'erflows;"Oh, oh, you brute, see this old suit, And Arthur needs new clotehse;And Harold stews at these poor shoes, And Ethel's hat's a sight --I'd blush to meet her in the street, And Lizzie looks a fright."But you don't care what things we wear, How shabby we may look,Nor h ow disgraced, so you can waste The money on a book.A cloak with beads Maria needs She's worn this one two years,And little Bas, the darling was So shamed he burst in tears."When I am dead and gone you'll wed, Of course she'll be a saint --But she'll not bear old clothes to wear, Like me, without comoplaint.No, no; you'll find, though I was blind, You then will have a spouse,Who'll have her rights when you sneak nights, With more books into the house."Such books, indeed, that none can read, In some outlandish speech --And one won't do, you must have two, Or three, or four, of each.Good Lord, if I should dare to buy A dress or two to spare,You'd grumble why a childd or I Should need so much to wear."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lays of Chinatown and Other Verses. To get started finding Lays of Chinatown and Other Verses, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 210

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Publisher: H. Ingalls Kimball, New York

Release: 1899

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Description: A collection of poems about New York City -- sketches in verse, really, by Major, a minor poet from Brooklyn, who nonetheless closely observed and as chronicler-on-the-street, poetically evoked the Brooklyn streets at the cusp of the 19th & 20th centuries. - its characters, their lingo and patois, their daily lives and livelihoods, above board and below. Major was a man-on-the-street reporter of daily life in this New York enclave, and called it as he saw it, and as well as his natural allotment of poetic gifts would permit. Nonetheless, for bibliophiliacs and their particular brand of addictive pathology, Mr. Major, nailed it:ON BUYING BOOKS (excerpts)"The thirst for drink, teetotallers think, Is most to be deplored --And some folks say the love of play Is equally abhorredAnd other men assert, again, The race-horse is a curse,But my wife looks on buying books As quite as bad, or worse."There is myself, most wretched elf -- At least she says she thinksI'm never broke from chew or smoke Or putting down of drinks;But, oh, what tin I have blown in A bibliomaniac spree,When she, she swore, was dying for Some new-seen jewelry "How can you be so hard to me, Her eye with tears o'erflows;"Oh, oh, you brute, see this old suit, And Arthur needs new clotehse;And Harold stews at these poor shoes, And Ethel's hat's a sight --I'd blush to meet her in the street, And Lizzie looks a fright."But you don't care what things we wear, How shabby we may look,Nor h ow disgraced, so you can waste The money on a book.A cloak with beads Maria needs She's worn this one two years,And little Bas, the darling was So shamed he burst in tears."When I am dead and gone you'll wed, Of course she'll be a saint --But she'll not bear old clothes to wear, Like me, without comoplaint.No, no; you'll find, though I was blind, You then will have a spouse,Who'll have her rights when you sneak nights, With more books into the house."Such books, indeed, that none can read, In some outlandish speech --And one won't do, you must have two, Or three, or four, of each.Good Lord, if I should dare to buy A dress or two to spare,You'd grumble why a childd or I Should need so much to wear."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lays of Chinatown and Other Verses. To get started finding Lays of Chinatown and Other Verses, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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