An Omnibus Philosophy

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The State Association

 had declared a convocation

At a well-located hotel

 here upon a certain date.

 

If the weather turned out balmy

 I could saunter out quite calmly

And be certain to arrive there

 neither sweaty nor too late.

 

But the weather turned out surly

 and the meeting time was early -

Should I walk I'd turn up soggy

 and perhaps a little late.

 

Now a bus runs thither, nearly;

 I could hop upon it, clearly;

So I looked up scheduled bus times

 so I'd not arrive too late.

 

A later bus was timely

 should it run its route sublimely,

But if that bus were tardy

 then I would have been too late.

 

So I left my house quite early

 lest the early bus be early

And I miss it and be tardy

 should the later bus be late.

 

Thus it happened I was early,

 for the bus I took was early,

'Cause I'd feared I might be tardy

 should the later bus be late.