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Thoughts on Matters and Things
Wise the gazabe upon whose simple table
Old-fashioned truck like salt-and-pepper castors
Yet may be found. His bean is never bothered—
Sleeps like a hallboy.
Old-fashioned truck like salt-and-pepper castors
Yet may be found. His bean is never bothered—
Sleeps like a hallboy.
Why do we fuss for one thing and another?
Why do we hike to Saranac or Newport?
How can a human leave himself behind him?
Answer: He cannot.
Why do we hike to Saranac or Newport?
How can a human leave himself behind him?
Answer: He cannot.
Worry can get a guy on the Olympic;
Worry can chase a colonel in the Army;
Swift as the wind, to use a new expression—
Care is some sprinter.
Worry can chase a colonel in the Army;
Swift as the wind, to use a new expression—
Care is some sprinter.
Merry and bright, the citizen who’s cheerful
Won’t worry much about to-morrow’s breakfast.
“No one,” he smiles, “who faces Time the pitcher
Wallops one thousand.”
Won’t worry much about to-morrow’s breakfast.
“No one,” he smiles, “who faces Time the pitcher
Wallops one thousand.”
There was Achilles, cut off in his twenties,
And, au contraire, Tithonus was a hundred:
I may be lucky; you might be run over
Most any morning.
And, au contraire, Tithonus was a hundred:
I may be lucky; you might be run over
Most any morning.
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