\u2026and they are bored and sad.<\/a><\/p>\nSomehow, I am reminded of this:<\/p>\n
THE SONG OF THE STRANGE ASCETIC
\nG.K. Chesterton<\/p>\n
If I had been a Heathen,
\nI\u2019d have praised the purple vine,
\nMy slaves should dig the vineyards,
\nAnd I would drink the wine.
\nBut Higgins is a Heathen,
\nAnd his slaves grow lean and grey,
\nThat he may drink some tepid milk
\nExactly twice a day.<\/p>\n
If I had been a Heathen,
\nI\u2019d have crowned Neaera\u2019s curls,
\nAnd filled my life with love affairs,
\nMy house with dancing girls;
\nBut Higgins is a Heathen,
\nAnd to lecture rooms is forced,
\nWhere his aunts, who are not married,
\nDemand to be divorced.<\/p>\n
If I had been a Heathen,
\nI\u2019d have sent my armies forth,
\nAnd dragged behind my chariots
\nThe Chieftains of the North.
\nBut Higgins is a Heathen,
\nAnd he drives the dreary quill,
\nTo lend the poor that funny cash
\nThat makes them poorer still.<\/p>\n
If I had been a Heathen,
\nI\u2019d have piled my pyre on high,
\nAnd in a great red whirlwind
\nGone roaring to the sky;
\nBut Higgins is a Heathen,
\nAnd a richer man than I:
\nAnd they put him in an oven,
\nJust as if he were a pie.<\/p>\n
Now who that runs can read it,
\nThe riddle that I write,
\nOf why this poor old sinner,
\nShould sin without delight-
\nBut I, I cannot read it
\n(Although I run and run),
\nOf them that do not have the faith,
\nAnd will not have the fun.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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