Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IX. Tragedy: Humor. 1904. | | | | Humorous Poems: II. Miscellaneous | | To the Terrestrial Globe | | William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911) |
| | By a Miserable Wretch
ROLL on, thou ball, roll on! | |
| Through pathless realms of space | |
| Roll on! | |
| What though I ’m in a sorry case? | |
| What though I cannot meet my bills? | 5 |
| What though I suffer toothache’s ills? | |
| What though I swallow countless pills? | |
| Never you mind! | |
| Roll on! | |
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| Roll on, thou ball, roll on! | 10 |
| Through seas of inky air | |
| Roll on! | |
| It ’s true I ’ve got no shirts to wear, | |
| It ’s true my butcher’s bill is due, | |
| It ’s true my prospects all look blue,— | 15 |
| But don’t let that unsettle you! | |
| Never you mind! | |
| Roll on! | |
| [It rolls on. | | | | |
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