Said the Man to the Saloon-Keeper, "Your work malevolent Increases all my taxes full seventy-flve per cent." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty:" Said the Man to the Saloon-Keeper, "Your execrable trade Is teaching all my rulers their own laws to evade." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty I" Said the Man to the Saloon -Keeper, "My heart Is full uf woe. For I see your wretched victims whatever way I go." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty I" Said the Man to the Saloon-Keeper. "Your pestilent decoy Is capturing and maddening and ruining my boy." And the Rummy answered, "Personal liberty!" Said the Man to the Saloon Keeper, "I'll ex- ercise right soon My 'personal liberty' to smash your vile saloo, And the Rummy answered, "fiddlesticks!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YELLOW VIOLET by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2 by THOMAS CAMPION LOVE AT SEA by THEOPHILE GAUTIER THE WITHERED ROSE by PHILIP AYRES ANNIVERSARIUM BAPTISMI (3) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT PSALM 3; WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM; AUGUST 9, 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |