 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
THE FIRST MAN.
Boy, fired with glory's thirst, man,
Said in his simple lad's tone,
When asked, Who was the First man?
“Of course it must be Gladstone.”
Said in his simple lad's tone,
When asked, Who was the First man?
“Of course it must be Gladstone.”
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He is the First man, madam,
Of quite a new creation;
But He has fall'n, like Adam,
And dragged with him the nation.
Of quite a new creation;
But He has fall'n, like Adam,
And dragged with him the nation.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |