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A Pessimist
ReflectionsA PESSIMIST
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Wot's the use of fireftles,
Skootin' round at night
With their foolish twinkle?
They don't give no light
Wot's the use o' ravin'
'Bout the blushin' rose?
You can't get their petals,
Made up into clo's
Wot's the use…
The Pessimist
DeathTHE PESSIMIST
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With Jaundiced eye he looks around
And everything is wrong;
A minor strain by him is found
In every little song,
And every rose that blooms at morn
For him holds nothing but a thorn
He sees no guerdon in the rain,…