Because Malthus said they shouldn’t;—
That is, he thought it just as well
The Statute Books to wipe out,
But Gladstone’s lot cold-shouldered him,
And Juries put his pipe out,
And his yow—ow—ow.
He confiscated all the wealth,
That spoiled the upper classes,
But did not share it with his mob,
Whom he somehow called “the-m-asses;”