George Ade Poems

I'm great and
I know it.
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The very first duty of a chaperon
Is to leave the young folks quite alone;
Permitting them to sit up late
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I speak for poor little woman —
Please do not turn away;
Oh, mighty man, do what you can,
Our misery to allay.
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What man dare say that he is quite immune
From charms and spells that ev'ry girl possesses ?
A budding love is like the warmth of June,
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Through all the moving thoroughfares
And in the contending marts of trade;
Within the babbling magazines and
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Mrs. B.:
From out a canon in the West I came with colors flying,
To meet the people known as ' best,' or strain myself while trying;
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I want to be a brakeman,
Dog gone!
Legs hangin' over the edge of a flat car,
Train goin' 'bout twenty-five miles 'n hour,
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We haven't the appearance, goodness knows,
Of plain commercial men;
From a hasty glance, you might suppose
We are fractious now and then.
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I am not hypercritical on points of punctuation;
A misplaced comma now and then is surely not a sin;
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A lovelorn microbe met by chance
At a swagger bacteroidal dance
A proud bacillian belle, and she
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