THE LAND OF MY DREAMS

I know a spot where balmy air and still

Enfolds the placid dweller hour by hour

As, all unhampered in his tranquil bower,

He stretches idle limbs at ease until

The blessed peace about him calms his will

And hidden thoughts, expanding into flower,

Amaze him with their beauty, and the sour

Sharp voice of Care, that sounds far off and shrill,

Moves him to gentle mirth that men can be

So strangely foolish as to heed her call,

Regardless of their true felicity....

Avoid the place, ye bores. Aroint ye all!

Afflict not one to this dear haven fled,

My private earthly paradise—my BED.


"Quarrymen (experienced) Wanted, wages 1s. 5-1/2d. per hour; constant employment for good men. No bankers need apply."—Country Paper.

Why this marked discrimination against bankers? We have known several who were most respectable.