Part 4 (1/2)

I hope that doubly blows the gale, With billows twice as high as ever, So that the captain, fain to sail, May not achieve his mad endeavour!

The winds, when that they cease to roar, Shall find me wailing on the sh.o.r.e.

Yet merit thou my love or wrath, O False, I pray that Galatea May smile upon thy watery path!

A pleasant trip,--that's the idea.

Light of my life, there never shall For me be any other gal.

And sailors, as they hasten past, Will always have to hear my query: ”Where have you seen my Cynthia last?

Has anybody seen my dearie?”

I'll shout: ”In Malden or Marquette Where'er she be, I'll have her yet!”

Fragment

_”Militis in galea nidum fecere columbae.”_--PETRONIUS

Within the soldier's helmet see The nesting dove; Venus and Mars, it seems to me, In love.

On the Uses of Adversity

_”Nam nihil est, quod non mortalibus afferat usum.”_--PETRONIUS

Nothing there is that mortal man may utterly despise; What in our wealth we treasured, in our poverty we prize.

The gold upon a sinking s.h.i.+p has often wrecked the boat, While on a simple oar a s.h.i.+pwrecked man may keep afloat.

The burglar seeks the plutocrat, attracted by his dress-- The poor man finds his poverty the true preparedness.

After Hearing ”Robin Hood”

The songs of Sherwood Forest Are lilac-sweet and clear; The virile rhymes of merrier times Sound fair upon mine ear.

Sweet is their sylvan cadence And sweet their simple art.

The balladry of the greenwood tree Stirs memories in my heart.

O braver days and elder With mickle valour dight, How ye bring back the time, alack!

When Harry Smith could write!

Maud Muller Mutatur

In 1909 toilet goods were not considered a serious matter and no special department of the catalogs was devoted to it. A few perfumes and creams were scattered here and there among bargain goods.