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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539013" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Force of Argument</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord B. was a nobleman bold<br>Who came of illustrious stocks,<br>He was thirty or forty years old,<br>And several feet in his socks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To Turniptopville-by-the-Sea<br>This elegant nobleman went,<br>For that was a borough that he<br>Was anxious to rep-per-re-sent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At local assemblies he danced<br>Until he felt thoroughly ill;<br>He waltzed, and he galoped, and lanced,<br>And threaded the mazy quadrille.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The maidens of Turniptopville<br>Were simple - ingenuous - pure -<br>And they all worked away with a will<br>The nobleman's heart to secure.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two maidens all others beyond<br>Endeavoured his cares to dispel -<br>The one was the lively ANN POND,<br>The other sad MARY MORELL.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ANN POND had determined to try<br>And carry the Earl with a rush;<br>Her principal feature was eye,<br>Her greatest accomplishment - gush.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And MARY chose this for her play:<br>Whenever he looked in her eye<br>She'd blush and turn quickly away,<br>And flitter, and flutter, and sigh.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was noticed he constantly sighed<br>As she worked out the scheme she had planned,<br>A fact he endeavoured to hide<br>With his aristocratical hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Old POND was a farmer, they say,<br>And so was old TOMMY MORELL.<br>In a humble and pottering way<br>They were doing exceedingly well.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They both of them carried by vote<br>The Earl was a dangerous man;<br>So nervously clearing his throat,<br>One morning old TOMMY began:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"My darter's no pratty young doll -<br>I'm a plain-spoken Zommerzet man -<br>Now what do 'ee mean by my POLL,<br>And what do 'ee mean by his ANN?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said B., "I will give you my bond<br>I mean them uncommonly well,<br>Believe me, my excellent POND,<br>And credit me, worthy MORELL.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"It's quite indisputable, for<br>I'll prove it with singular ease, -<br>You shall have it in 'Barbara' or<br>'Celarent' - whichever you please.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'You see, when an anchorite bows<br>To the yoke of intentional sin,<br>If the state of the country allows,<br>Homogeny always steps in -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"It's a highly aesthetical bond,<br>As any mere ploughboy can tell - "<br>"Of course," replied puzzled old POND.<br>"I see," said old TOMMY MORELL.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Very good, then," continued the lord;<br>"When it's fooled to the top of its bent,<br>With a sweep of a Damocles sword<br>The web of intention is rent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"That's patent to all of us here,<br>As any mere schoolboy can tell."<br>POND answered, "Of course it's quite clear";<br>And so did that humbug MORELL.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Its tone's esoteric in force -<br>I trust that I make myself clear?"<br>MORELL only answered, "Of course,"<br>While POND slowly muttered, "Hear, hear."</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Volition - celestial prize,<br>Pellucid as porphyry cell -<br>Is based on a principle wise."<br>"Quite so," exclaimed POND and MORELL.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"From what I have said you will see<br>That I couldn't wed either - in fine,<br>By Nature's unchanging decree<br>YOUR daughters could never be MINE.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Go home to your pigs and your ricks,<br>My hands of the matter I've rinsed."<br>So they take up their hats and their sticks, .<br>And EXEUNT AMBO, convinced.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Schwenck+Gilbert">William Schwenck Gilbert</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=539013" data-title="The Force of Argument de William Schwenck Gilbert" data-description="Lord B. was a nobleman bold Who came of illustrious stocks, He was thirty or forty years old, And several feet in his socks. To Turniptopville-by-the-Sea This elegant nobleman went, For that was a borough that he Was anxious to rep-per-re-sent. ..."></div> </div> </div>
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