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Measured Steps

By Ernest Radford

Radford, Ernest (fl.1880-1920)

[epigraph]

PART I. MEASURED STEPS.

[Haply, reader, waxing cold]

[They are all I have for you]

[For one who long a worldly gain]

[So there lies Florence; Fiésole there]

[Farewell, farewell, now Summer's sped]

[Sweet, on thy mouth a smile there played]

II.

PART II. FITS AND STARTS.

[Its not Botticelli, oh no!]

[Down 'Oborn, sir? Circus? Bank, Bank!]

['Ot P'taties! All 'ot, sir! All 'ot!]

[Ices! Programmes! Lemonade!]

[Fine Violets! Fresh Violets! Come buy!]

THE CASE OF GEORGE HALL.

AFTER HERRICK.

A COINCIDENCE.

CHRISTMAS AT PLYMOUTH.

ON THE TOW-PATH.

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['Ot P'taties! All 'ot, sir! All 'ot!]

'Ot P'taties! All 'ot, sir! All 'ot!
Ere's a swell in a welveteen coat!
'E's a hartist, a hauthor'—a wot?
Ot P'taties! All 'ot, sir! All 'ot!
Ah, there now's a beauty you've got!
Them writins don't keep 'im afloat)
'Ot P'taties! All 'ot, sir! All 'ot!
Ere's a swell in a welveteen coat.