Volume 158 — VERS TRÈS LIBRE.
Reading edition
(Arabesque on a field of blue).
These are the things, or gorgeous or delicate, Imposing, intime, dazzling or repellent, That sing—better than music's self, Better than rhyme— The praise and liberty of blue: The turquoise and the peacock's neck, The blood of kings, the deeps Of Southern lakes, the sky That bends over the Azores, The language of the links, the eyes Of fair-haired angels, the Policeman's helmet and the backs Of books issued by the Government, Also the Bird of Happiness (Maeterlinck) And many other things such as The Varsity colours, various kinds Of pottery and limelight, Some things by Swinburne, Burns and Ezra Pound, The speedwell in the glade, and, oh! The little cubes they put in wash-tubs. Refrain. These are the things, or gorgeous or delicate, And so on down to "liberty of blue."
"OLIVER 'ASKS' FOR MORE."
Miner. "YOU'LL BE SORRY ONE OF THESE DAYS THAT YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME NATIONALIZATION."
Premier. "IF YOU KEEP ON LIKE THIS THERE WON'T BE ANY NATION LEFT TO NATIONALIZE YOU."
Owner. "Smart little thing isn't she?" Friend. "Pity she's so ugly below the water-line."
Owner. "Oh, well, nobody will see that." Friend. "What about when she capsizes?"