Wit and Humor of America, The Vol 03

<h2><SPAN name="IN_ELIZABETHS_DAY" id="IN_ELIZABETHS_DAY"></SPAN>IN ELIZABETH'S DAY</h2> <h3>BY WALLACE RICE</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Who would not give the treasure<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of very many lives<br/></span> <span class="i0">If some kind fate would pleasure<br/></span> <span class="i4">To let him be where Ben is<br/></span> <span class="i4">A-playing Kit at tennis,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Or playing Will at fives?<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The racquet ne'er so deftly<br/></span> <span class="i2">Is turned, whoever strives,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The ball flies ne'er so swiftly<br/></span> <span class="i4">As thought and tongue where Ben is<br/></span> <span class="i4">A-playing Kit at tennis,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Or playing Will at fives.<br/></span> <span class='pagenum'><SPAN name="Page_573" id="Page_573"></SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />