Classic Poem

Gentle Jane was as good as gold, "
To borrow a line from Mr. Gilbert;
She hated War with a hate untold,
She was a pacifistic filbert.
If you said " Perhaps " — she'd leave the hall.
You couldn't argue with her at all.

" Teasing Tom was a very bad boy, "
(Pardon my love for a good quotation).
To talk of war was his only joy,
And his single purpose was Preparation.


And what both of these children had to say
I never knew, for I ran away.