"'As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?" "Now 'ow in the devil would I know?" "'E's taken my girl out walkin', An' I've got to tell 'im so -- Gawd -- bless -- 'im! I've got to tell 'im so." "D'yer know what 'e's like, Bill 'Awkins?" "Now what in the devil would I care?" "'E's the livin', breathin' image of an organ-grinder's monkey, With a pound of grease in 'is 'air -- Gawd -- bless -- 'im! An' a pound o' grease in 'is 'air." "An' s'pose you met Bill 'Awkins, Now what in the devil 'ud ye do?" "I'd open 'is cheek to 'is chin-strap buckle, An' bung up 'is both eyes, too -- Gawd -- bless -- 'im! An' bung up 'is both eyes, too!" "Look 'ere, where 'e comes, Bill 'Awkins! Now what in the devil will you say?" "It isn't fit an' proper to be fightin' on a Sunday, So I'll pass 'im the time o' day -- Gawd -- bless -- 'im! I'll pass 'im the time o' day!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PINES AND THE SEA by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD HASTINGS by JOHN DRYDEN SARRAZINE'S SONG, FR. CHAITIVEL by MARIE DE FRANCE AFTERNOON ON A HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE THREE TROOPERS DURING THE PROTECTORATE by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY THE FLIGHT OF THE WAR-EAGLE by OBADIAH CYRUS AURINGER AN EPITAPH UPON THE DEATH OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY by RICHARD BARNFIELD |