SULKY ROLIE.
I go to Sing Sing public school,
Where naughty boys are sometimes sent,
Receiving as a general rule
A goodly share of punishment.
I try so hard to do what’s right,
I study long and never play;
Why then have I this wretched plight
That they should “keep me in” all day?
It is natural for a man to strive for perpetual success; but we, who are to lose our lives, should bear lesser misfortunes with greater fortitude than is expressed by this poet. The editor is not in sympathy with his contributor: