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A TOAST by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: TOAST A TYRANT BAND,-SKOEL IN SACRED CHORUS!
Last Line: FAIRYLAND'S TRUE ELVES,—TO OUR KIDS, GOD BLESS 'EM!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; TOASTS; CHILDHOOD;
Toast a tyrant band,—@3skoel@1 in sacred chorus!
Slaves to our command,—czars who trample o'er us.
Devotees of wrath; source of half our troubles;
In whose cyclone path cost of living doubles.
Harmless as the doves; butts of fierce invective;
Life's true spice, and love's unconfessed objective.
Gods of our best selves, bidding us confess 'em;
Fairyland's true elves,—To Our Kids, God Bless 'Em!



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