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Louis Wain - 'A Mirthful Moment'

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Title A Mirthful Moment
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Penny Illustrated Paper - Saturday 19 December 1891 (via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
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dailymeower: Alternate scan with poem:
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Tragedy, Tabby, is not for you;
Comedy suits you down to the ground.
Better to purr like a merry crew
Than all cry "Mew!" with a dismal sound.

Up spake Grimalkin and he said "Nay!
Both cats and men have different views.
If I were allowed to choose the play,
Then I would vote for the Tragic mews."