Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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DEATH AND THE PUBLISHER. |
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DEATH AND THE PUBLISHER.
Our fashions alter as our manners turn:'Twas “body-snatching” and anatomy;
Science was “subject”-stinted, and bid high.
'Tis right the living from the dead should learn,
When dead fetch more than they could living earn!
We've changed the fashion somewhat; when men die
We dig them up, but metaphorically;
“Soul-snatch!” lest Death their memory inurn!
Well, 'tis a “resurrection” anyhow!
Perhaps the only one defunct will have!
If a man's name an honest penny now
Be worth, his “friends” to “snatch” his memory crave.
Well, let “celebrities” to fashion bow,
And, leading better lives, their credit save!
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