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BY TUB AUTHOR OF * CORN UW RHYMES , "
No . V . Tmby mean their tax on bread to be Progressive with our numbers ; They bid as crowd around the gulf
O ' er which Destruction slumbers . Food , health , and safety , they restrict , But cannot check our numbers ; So we increase and multiply , While drugg ed Convulsion slumbers
But parson Malthus says they can , And do restrict our numbers—In Ireland , where with half-shut eyes Convulsion snorts and slumbers . Well ! let their tax on safety be Progressive with our numbers ; We a ) I can marry—can ' , Bess ?—Though drugg ed Convulsion slumbers
They hug their peril premium close , And say , ** Destruction slumbers ! ' They know not that he only winks , While we fill up our uumbers . Convulsion ' s Act of Parliament ! Know ' st thou why ruin slumbers ? He slumbers not , but shuts his eyes , Till we've filled up our numbers .
No . VI . Idler , why lie down to die ? Better rub than rust : Hark , the lark sings in the sky , ' * Die , when die thou must : Day is waking , leaves are shaking , — Better rub than rust . "
In the grave there ' sleep enough , — « ' Better rub than rust : " Death , perhaps , is hunger proof ; * ' Die , when die thou imiBt : Men are mowing , breezes blowing ; Better rub than rust . ** He who will not work shall want ; Nought for nought is just ;