Is not all bad.

THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

Since Adam's first sin in the garden of song,

Where the hopes of the race were empearled,

Whenever a mortal does anything wrong,

It is only the way of the world!

If statesmen forget all the pledges they made,

And the people to evils are hurled,—

Excuse their misdeeds! 'Tis a trick of the trade,