The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-22
THE MAN.
PART |.

Give him a kick, each one who can,
And send him down! n broken man!
lie : lived too well tor these hard times,
And suits us not-nor will his rhymes.
Poor fool he Is at best, | know;
said he'd fail told you so;
| even heard u say
She never liked him, any way.
| never ask'd her reason Why.
dor women, certcS, never llc')
1t was enough to know they say
lie : broken now and cannot pay
so. spread the tatllc all around.
Females and males, with looks profounG
And spare him not, but let us sean Il
The ~n,eauncss of u &" broken man \
IT'S true he Is work'd and money made
And heretofore his debts has paid; Y
Rut times are bard. we know not when /,
We, too, may all be broken men. X
Like fish we all 90 up and down, "a
And fortunes smile and fortunes frownI
Shift frequently from man to man.
SO, let us kick him" while we can.
Let s leave on him his ev'ry debt.
AS hounds upon the game are SET
No quarter %give-this is the plan
BY which to help II broken man.
Let s give advicc-let S tell him that
He hought Il new when an old hat
| Would look'd AS well upon his browa N
AS does the one he wears Just now. FFf
Let's tell him, too, his clothes are iinc--,
Too fine. indeed, and that for wine,
And whisky, too. and gin and runi,
He's spent, by tar, too large II sum. 4
1t matters not as to the truth sli
We know these crimes belong to yoAthga
Let s sean his faults unto Il hair. hi'
And Judge them all with christian care. ~
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lie g broke! Thank God! The fact sprcat
round, ~
For hearers plenty can be found. 4 h,
Though not Il one of all this clan u 80
Has paid, perhaps. this broken man.
lie work'd and trusted all the while,
Aud we have met him with a smile,
But circumstances make Il change,
And poverty doth much estranse.
PART III.
Ye heartlcss crew! your little
Begs pardon for your mean prctense
To better be, in these hard times,
Than is the one who writes these rhymes.
I'm broke in what? In hope? All, nor
And coming years will serve 10 sliow
That in this life they call Il "Span,"
There re chances for u broken man.
The darkest clouds will rift. and through
The rift III see kind Heavens blue,
And twinkling stars in Heavens plan.
viii twinkle for this broken MAN.
viii twinkle and be Just rs bright
To his as to Il rich mans sight,
And flowers fair. and beauty rare,
In poverty he still can share
Can love his children just as well.
And take them on his knee and tell
Sweet things their little hearts to bind
10 what Is good and true and kind.
His loving wifr-llis children ftR0T lTes
To him Us dreams of Heaven ARD If-sl
His simple faith, all free from ctAedS, q /,
Are TAR more wealth to him thaMalecds. 4
No law can take these gifts away,
For God agrees the debt to stay.
Which rich and poor alike do owe,
All free from levies here below.
The sun, the moon. the stars, and all
For which on bcndcu knee | fall
To God alone There is ne plan
70 take these from IL broken man.
We all are creatures still OF fate,
And | can watch and | can wait
Until the coming oftlc day
When you may break and can pay
With vigor still--with conscience clear,
And household gods to me most dear,
! scorn you although you may fret
A little while II man in debt,
And take advantage of the times,
And curse the man and sheer his rhymes
lie still will think and still will write
With spirit strong and heart that's light
Thank God for this--you cannot bind
The Independence OF the mind.
And death at last is Gods great plan
TO equaliZc II broken man.
RETTALS.
Winchester, Tenn, april 10, 1915.