Where I go up and down,

And there’s no woman, man, or dog

That knows me in the town.

I know each shop, and all

These Jews, and Russian Poles,

For I go walking night and noon

To spare my sack of coals.

THE CURSE.

To a sister of an enemy of the author’s
who disapproved of “The Playboy.”

Lord, confound this surly sister,