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If cursed by a son who declined to play cricket, / (Supposing him sound and sufficient in thews,) / I'd larrup him well with the third of a wicket, / Selecting safe parts of his body to bruise. / In his mind such an urchin King Solomon had / When he said, Spare the stump, and you bungle the lad!
For what in the world is the use of a creature / All flabbily bent on avoiding the Pitch? / Who wanders about, with a sob in each feature, / Devising a headache, inventing a stitch? / There surely would be a quick end to my joy / If possessed of that monster -- the feminine boy! --