“When Grandmamma fell off the boat,
And couldn’t swim, and wouldn’t float,
Maria just sat by and smiled -
I almost could have slapped the child!”

—  Harry Graham

Indifference
Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes (1899)

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