H .
0 . Meredith .
But who
it was had sowed
the
seed ,
Who made
it blossom , who
Taught
each
of
us
the
other 's need
I know
no more than
you .
THE
AGES
OF MAN .
W
E
children
in
our
crowded
home
W
Had
little
food
to
eat,
Our
breeding
was
the
right
to
roam
And
scavenge
in
the street ;
My brothers died , my sister
died ,
And I
grew
all accurst ,
With
pigeon
breast, with
surly
pride,
With
hunger
and with
thirst.
When
I was
twenty
years
of age
I
earned my pound
a
week ,
I
ate
and drank
the
princely
wage
And almost
I
grew
sleek :
And
then
I married me
a wife
Who made
ten
shillings more
;
So
rich
we were we thought that
life
Was easy
for
the
poor
.
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