Punch,  40 (1861), 157.

Loss and Gain

Porcelus Grumphy

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Human Development, Physiology, Analogy


    Compares bodies which waste away from 'constant toil' and 'friction' to clothes which 'wear away'.



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