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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUR PROGRAM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Having squelched the noisy frolics Last Line: And a race of prigs shall dominate the earth. Subject(s): Temperance; Prohibition | |||
Having squelched the noisy frolics Of those wicked alcoholics By prohibiting the liquor that is strong, We shall harry that provoking, Soul-destroying vice of Smoking; For it's pleasant, and what's pleasant must be wrong. When we've censored clothes and dishes And have gratified the wishes Of the Bourgeoisie and Pro-le-tar-i-at For a Puritanic Sunday, We'll extend it over Monday So that everyone may have enough of that. When we've put in stocks and fetters Sport and Pastime, Art and Letters, And have extirpated jollity and mirth, By an act of legislature We'll abolish Human Nature, And a race of Prigs shall dominate the earth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING, WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TEMPER by CLARA EXLINE BOCKOVEN A TRUCKER DRIVES THROUGH HIS LOST YOUTH by DAVID BOTTOMS THE FIGHTING WORD by BERTON BRALEY THE METHOD OF THE MAD MULLAH by BERTON BRALEY ON A PROHIBITIONIST POEM by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON A MAIDEN'S DREAM by ROBERT GREENE A CRACK AT THE LAW by ADRIAN HALE |
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