Father Goose, His Book

Civilized Boy

Pray, what can a civilized
        boy do now,
       When all the Dragons all
        are dead,
And the Giants stout,
        that we have read about,
      Have never one a head?

Now, wasn`t it mean that Jack o`the
        Bean
    Should slay these monsters fast,
And the other Jack should cut and hack
    When there weren`t enough to last?

The boys today are as bold as they say,
       As ever they were of yore;
And they`d spill a flood
        of Dragon`s Blood
     If Dragons lived
        any more.

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