<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413566" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Auntie Emmaline for Friend Leslie</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Auntie Emmaline.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My cousin Peter was a prig.<br>A precious little Mamas boy.<br>Who thought it rather infra dig<br> a little mischief to enjoy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He combed his hair and shined his shoes<br> and was polite to every one<br>I was quite pleased to hear the news<br> that he had just up and gone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To live with a girl, Elsie Ma.<br> Who was no better than a whore.<br>It made me glad I have to say.<br>He’s not my rival anymore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nobody says that should I should be<br> just like Peter. Dear me no.<br>The rotten apple on the tree.<br>But what the family do not know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is that I arranged for them to meet.<br>I knew she would lead him astray<br>He had no chance at all poor Pete.<br>I don’t regret it in any way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’m sure that Peter has more fun.<br>Than if he had stayed safe at home.<br>Today he’s just another one<br> Who felt that it was time to roam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far from his mothers eagle eye<br> escape from under mothers thumb.<br>They were some things he had to try <br> and realised their time had come.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was disowned immediately.<br>His name is never mentioned now.<br>Sometimes I meet him on the sly <br>I like him better now somehow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now that he’s not held up to be<br> the Icon I should emulate<br>To tell the truth he’s just like me <br>Although he found out rather late.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though I appear respectable.<br> I have a wild streak which I hide.<br>My aunt finds me acceptable.<br>I think she would horrified </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to know that I both smoke and drink<br> and chase young ladies ardently.<br>But things are seldom as you think.<br>I find that fooling her pleases me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A good God fearing lady who<br> still believes whole heartedly.<br>That there are things one does not do<br>Quite blind to life’s reality.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">29/10/2009<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</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=413566" data-title="Auntie Emmaline for Friend Leslie de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Auntie Emmaline. My cousin Peter was a prig. A precious little Mamas boy. Who thought it rather infra dig a little mischief to enjoy. He combed his hair and shined his shoes and was polite to every one I was quite pleased to hear the news tha..."></div> </div> </div>

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