In Other Words (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... Success Success, oh word so ill-defined, Oh word that means the same to few A myriad meanings all combined Are rolled in you. Is it success to have great wealth And all the pleasures it will bring? Or is it poverty and health, As many sing? Is it success to own estates, Vast areas of mines and land, To have the pow'r to mock the fates; Supremely grand; To have a house with all the things That luxury and taste desire; Treasures to which the richest kings May well aspire. A beautiful and noble wife, To have, to hold and to caress--Is this--are these the things of life That make Success? Has he the great, the true success If Love and Fame and Wealth are Is this the way to Happiness? You bet it is. i Managerial Tradition If one should say that Boston girls were pretty and athletic--As many of them very likely be--If one should say Chicago maids were cultured and esthetic And Philadelphia fairies fast and free--If one depict a Western girl that isn't known as "breezy," If one should say a Gotham girl were slow--It all would be veracious and it should be very easy; But who would ever dare produce the show? "Christmas Comes but Once a Year" (As Wordsworth might simply have done it.) I met a little village child, A simple one and poor. As ever crossed the heath at night Or went across the moor. "What do you out so late abroad?" I asked that simple child. She simply looked at me and said, The while she simply smiled: "The seven of us simply live A little way from here; And oh, to-day is Christmas day--It comes but once a year." In many a land and many a clime Have I had cause to be, But never since then have I seen Such sweet simplicity. "Christmas Comes but Once a Year" (As Austin Dobson might rondeau it, "To a Poet Bewailing the Paucity of Christmas.") "Christma...