O kid! with face of healthy tan,
With lunch-bag, books and slate;
You needn’t long to be a man,
Self-confident and great;
For ever since the world began
Each boy must spring to Nature’s plan,
Must worry through as best he can –
Make up your mind to Wait.
O young galoot! you find it rough –
This iron hand of Fate!
Your confidence is mostly bluff,
And doubts preponderate –
Are you the genuine all-wool stuff?
Are you a daisy or a muff? –
Patience! you’ll find out soon enough,
If you can only Wait.
O baffled bloke! with no resource!
Whose knowledge comes too late;
Whose prospects change from bad to worse,
Till Hope gives place to Hate!
Sick of existence, and perforce
Impatient for the long divorce –
You’ll get your call in proper course,
Take my advice, and Wait.
O geezer! drawing near the test
That none may obviate;
Don’t waste your time in fruitless quest
Re man’s post-mortem state.
That doubt will soon be set at rest –
You’ll be extinguish’d, grill’d, or blest,
Or spook the world from east to west.
Meanwhile, you have to Wait.
(Joseph Furphy)
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