Inflictus
So long as Providence provides,
So long at Gratitude is grat,
So long as Abstinence abstins,
So long as Flatulence is flat,
So long as Persecution’s pers,
So long as Implication’s imp,
So long as Imperfection’s fect,
So long as Whimpering can whimp–
Clutched by fell Circumstance’s circ,
And smeared with Crapulence’s crap,
I’ll float flags on my Master’s mast
And sport my little Captain’s cap
And swear before Almighty might
That, faced with Criticism’s crit
And Castigation’s nasty cast,
I’ll speak no Bitterness’s bit.
R.S. Gwynn (see Met board.)
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