Show I 1 More Truth Than Poetry poetry j I By JAMES J. J MONTAGUE r o 4 THE URGE OF CONTENTMENT I am sick of this struggle to do what Is right The sorrowful Senator saidI saidI saidI said I have worn out my life lite In an unending fight Which I I say It with pride pride pride-I I have ledI led I am broken and old and I haven't a a. cent cent cent- The future I view with alarm I wish In my youth I had known the content Of the calm quiet life on the farm The Senator ma made e the remarks that we quote As Ag he sat on a hurrying train was bearing him hUn homeward ard to get out the vote That he hoped would elect him again The battle for money ha has ruined my soy health I heard a great banker declare I 1 would say to young men who are hungry for wealth That they merely are courting despair Far better to live In tt rf a nice little town And work neath the bright summer sky Contentment Is better than scepter or crown And Is something that wealth cannot buy And having spoken the banker stepped out outTo outTo outTo To a neighboring bank with the view Of Ot closing a deal hed he'd been thinking about To make snake a fresh million or two II Fame Is h hollow Ilow and empty the author observed Although I am fairly well known I M My labors have left me distrait and unnerved All AH hope of contentment has flown I rd Id fain be a nobody somewhere out West And till a few acres acres acres' of soil son I With strength In my roy muscles and peace In my breast I And abundance of good healthful toll I The author said this M n his pre press agents agent's ear Suppressing a sorrowful sigh 1 And the words words and and the sigh will sigh will all duly appear In an ad you jou ou will read by and by I Copyright 1923 by the Bell Syndicate Inc |