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Earnest
"Gentle Jane was as good as gold,"
To borrow a line from Mr. Gilbert; / She hated War with a hate untold, / She was a pacifistic filbert.
If you said "Perhaps" -- she'd leave the hall.
You couldn't argue with her at all.
"Teasing Tom was a very bad boy," / (Pardon my love for a good quotation).
To talk of war was his only joy, / And his single purpose was Preparation.
And what both of these children had to say / I never knew, for I ran away.