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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357892" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Great God Guff</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was once a Simple People - (you, of course, will understand<br>This is just a little fable of a non-existent land) <br>There was once a Simple People, and they had a Simple King,<br>And his name - well, SMITH the First will do as well as anything <br>And they lived upon an island by a pleasant southern sea,<br>Which they boastfully referred to as the 'Country of the Free.'<br>This King SMITH was quite a model. He was kind and he was wise.<br>But, alas! a higher sovereign he was forced to recognise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>As in ev'ry age and nation, since the tale of man was known,<br>Superstition here existed as the power behind the throne.<br>It was vague and unsubstantial but its sway was plain enough,<br>And 'twas known upon the island, simply, as the Great God GUFF.<br>They made sacrifices to it, treasure, corn and slaughtered beasts,<br>Good King SMITH cringed to the idol where upon his throne he sat;<br>And the People feared it greatly; and the priests grew very fat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Now, the welfare of the priestcraft did not always coincide<br>With the welfare of the People, hence the wily priests relied<br>On the hoary superstition that had stood the test of years;<br>Thus they led both king and people by their rather ass-like ears;<br>Crying: 'GUFF was ever with us! GUFF the Great must be obeyed!<br>GUFF the god must be consulted ere a single law be made!'<br>And the very simple People with their very simple King<br>Bowed their heads and said, 'So be it. GUFF be served in ev'rything.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>So the nation muddled somehow on its island by the sea -<br>Simple superstitious people in their 'Country of the Free.'<br>And whene'er they yearned for Progress, as things drifted to the worst,<br>SMITH replied, 'Have patience, people. GUFF must be consulted first.<br>Other lands and other nations may progress without his aid;<br>But upon our native island never rule or law is made<br>Till his priests have pondered o'er it, seeking to divine his will.<br>So it was with our forefathers, so with us it must be still.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Came a time when folk grew restive, murmurming amongst themselves,<br>While the nation's schemes and projects lay neglected on the shelves.<br>Then arose amid the people one of singular renown -<br>Since his name the eld refuses, let us call him, simply, BROWN.<br>BROWN was something of a student, strong on things like common-sense;<br>He was plain and blunt and forceful; and he hated smug pretence.<br>And before the priests and people, in a manner rude and gruff,<br>He arose and put this question, briefly: 'Who and what is GUFF?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Loud the People shrieked in terror; and the High-Priest threw a fit;<br>And the king rose from his dias as his eye with anger lit.<br>'He blasphemes!' declared the monarch. 'Sieze the sacrilegious brute!<br>Great God GUFF may not be questioned! He is mighty! absolute!'<br>But BROWN stood his ground and answered, 'Oh, I'm sick of all that stuff!<br>Give me one clear definition: What's the bloomon' use of GUFF?<br>He's a silly superstition! and I'll prove to you, King SMITH,<br>If you'll give me just five minutes, that your idol is a myth.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Well, to bring a simple story to a sudden, simple end,<br>BROWN beat down all opposition, and affairs began to mend.<br>Good King SMITH, with seemly wisdom, on his idol turned his back;<br>And, without much fuss, the People simply gave old GUFF the sack.<br>And the priests? Well, some took service with the king, and so reformed;<br>Some adopted Christian Science; some in vain still raved and stormed;<br>Others strove to mend their fortunes with an Independent Kirk;<br>Some became mere weather prophets; some - a paltry few - got work.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>So they thrived, the simple People, on their island by the sea;<br>And their schemes and projects prospered, for the land, at last, was free.<br>SMITH the First, emancipated, o'er a happy country ruled.<br>And he smiled when he reflected how the nation had been fooled;<br>How the simple King and People, by a superstition cursed.<br>Ever cried in foolish terror: 'GUFF must be consulted first!'<br>And the last words of that monarch long were treasured in the land . . .<br>But, of course, it's all a fable, as you'll clearly uderstand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Yet - there lives a simple People on an island by the sea,<br>And a simple Monarch rules them called the King DEMOCRACY.<br>Rather, does he seek to rule them, but his will is warped and bent<br>By a childish superstition known as 'Party Government.'<br>And the idol has its priestcraft that pretends to lead the race;<br>Though they call them 'Politicians' in this later year of grace.<br>And whene'er the folk grow restive, as things drift from worse to worst,<br>Cry the priests, 'Behold the Party! It must be considered first!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And the simple, simple People bend their heads and murmur, 'Yes,<br>We respect the claims of Party . . . But who is to mend this Mess!<br>Schemes go wrong and projects languish, and the Big Things of the State<br>Lie neglected while this Party bids us wait and ever wait!'<br>Oh, for some plain, forceful person with a plain, drab name like BROWN,<br>And a wholesome hate for humbug, and a stern, determined frown,<br>To arouse the simple People and their king, DEMOCRACY,<br>Cringing to their fool-god Party on their island by the sea!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q>
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