Joseph Furphy

Here you will find thePoemA S.S.T.'s Lamentof poet Joseph Furphy

A S.S.T.'s Lament

Would I were a profit monger, Buying cheap, and selling dear, Groceries, or something stronger, Toys, or pipes, or sporting gear, Wrong, maybe, but ain't it wronger That I should be stranded here, While my upper lip grow longer, Month by month, and year by year?