The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) by Various
page 233 of 259 (89%)
page 233 of 259 (89%)
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Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act--act in the living Present. Heart within, and Man ahead! Lives of married folks remind us We can live our lives as well, And, departing, leave behind us;-- Such examples as will tell;-- Such examples, that another, Sailing far from Hymen's port, A forlorn, unmarried brother, Seeing, shall take heart, and court. Let us then be up and doing, With the heart and head begin; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor, and to win! AN ODYSSEY OF K'S BY WILBUR D. NESBIT I've traveled up and down this land And crossed it in a hundred ways, But somehow can not understand |
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