Tag Archive for: New York Sun
Wisdom of the Young
UncategorizedWisdom of the Young.
160.6
A college graduato was he,
His knowledge was his joy and prides
Not merely theoretical,
But well applied.
In science well he knew the cause
That made an earthquake jog a town
And, furthermore, himself could shake…
The Miser
UncategorizedThe Miser.
191.6
There area was a miser of lauantar and umilen
Who hoarded those transures in fast mounting
He kept them all sealed in an vary box.
And nothing that happened unfastened the locks
At last, growing aget, from business adrift,
He…
The Watchword
Location, San FranciscoThe Watchword.
John Kendrick Bangs
23.2
Give of your mass of gold,
Send to the prostrate West
Some of that wealth untold
Digged from her virgin breast.
Give!
Give of your meager store,
Send from your cupboard bare
Out to…
Resurgas
San FranciscoResurgas
391
To the living soul in the city of San Fran clean,
Thou shalt rias-our City of the Sun!
For, ever in a nory death like thine,
Ere Bearce the flamos be fled,
A recreation in bogun:
Even as in Arabia the Divine,
A plunued and centuried…
The Watchword
San FranciscoThe Watchword
John Kendrick Bangs
232
Give of your mass of gold,
Send to the prostrate West
Some of that wealth untold
Digged from her virgin breast
Give!
Give of your meager store,
Send from your cupboard bare
Out to the…
Real Life.
Urban LifeReal Life.
122.3
It was back in old Missoury.
In a peaceful farming vale,
And the folks were plunged in trouble-
Hushed the music of the flall.
There a villian held a mortgage
On the dear old farmhouse roof:
Much he loved the widow's…
Wealth.
UncategorizedWealth.
343.9
The cares of wealth, so we are told,
Forbid the smile and chaff:
The julep holds the only mint
Whose owner dares to laugh.