<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384761" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Were I Man Grown</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Were I man grown, I'd stand<br>With clean heart, soul, and hand,<br>An honor to this land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would be good and true.<br>I would not <br>smoke<br>and <br>chew</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As many grown men do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tobacco is foul stuff.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hogs<br>root it from the trough,<br>And serve it right enough.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wish I'd every seed<br>And plant of that bad weed,<br>I'd make a fire indeed!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And these two lips of mine<br>Should never <br>taste of wine<br>,<br>Though it might glow and shine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No wine, no beer, no gin,<br>No ale, no rum-within<br>Each drink lurk shame and sin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I'd not swear. Ah! when<br>We boys grow into men,<br>You'll see true manhood then.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For we shall be and do<br>Just what I've said; and you<br>Had better try it, too.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384761" data-title="Were I Man Grown de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="Were I man grown, I'd stand With clean heart, soul, and hand, An honor to this land. I would be good and true. I would not smoke and chew As many grown men do. Tobacco is foul stuff. Hogs root it from the trough, And serve it right enough. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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