MARCH

Here comes bluff March—a cross between

A Jester and a Libertine.

He loves to make the parson race

With wicked words his hat to chase;

To dye with compromising rose

The pious man's abstemious nose.

The ladies hate him, though he shows

A pretty taste for silken hose.

The smoker views him with distrust,

Shielding his last match from his gust.

But once alight—his holy joy

No blast from Heaven can destroy!