[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).]
Low Desire, the Opportune Pimp
All thieves, as well, perhaps, we are aware,
Possess of patience but a paltry share;
And this because they coach with foul Occasion,
Who counts impatience first of all persuasion.
Source:
William Blocksidge, Songs o’ the South, London: Watts, 1908, p. 81
Editor’s notes:
paltry = insignificant, meager, measly, very small; an absurdly small or insultingly small amount of money; of little or no monetary value, worthless; inferior, low quality, trashy;
contemptible, despicable, mean
pimp = someone who manages and controls prostitutes, as well as soliciting customers for prostitutes (whilst taking a cut of the money they earn); a provider of prostitutes; someone who lives off the earnings of prostitutes (can also refer to: an informer)
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