Must pooh-pooh Hard Times, a tyrant
Known to man—known to man.
They mock at him and flout him,
And they chaff the Rads about him,
For they’re “going to do without him”
If they can—if they can!
These are the phenomena, &c.
From Funny Folks. May 3, 1884.
Another parody, of the same original, appeared in Pastime, February 13, 1884, relating to the London Athletic Club.
A Wasted “Infancy.”