Show Little Geniuses I a man can not b a great genius I it worth his while to ben little one Some learned men say not Of the poets who flourished and were famous a hundred years ago how many are known now Of all the bright volumes tusk brought fame to their authors and made the booksellers of old wealthy how many can we lind upon the shelves of Ibe bookstore today Only a few And yet their authors lauded by friends am flAttered by nviuwr threw nil their souls Into their songs and fondly dreamed of earthly l Immortality The fittest survive and the world lias Pre them out without taller rng judgment From the good It 1 has taken the best and sse are thankful But these little geniuses did they live their lives in vain because they are forgotten DOW Was all their music meaningless and did the world never min It 1 when their bar were silent They fulfilled their mission their songs went home to human hearts antI quickened tem with feeling they sang as sang the birds brief tender songs that made the world glad CIr a dllY und though their names are now unknown their graves unmarked their work has not been unrewarded 8 let the little geniuses be of good cheer their footsteps may not go echoing down tho ages but they may round very pleasantly in the pathwaysof today If they feel that they must sing KIno KI-no ruin say Ihem nay there will U ears to listen voices t applaud and hearts t feel The world needs the low f note of the humble singer the homuiy harplngs of the little poet as a rest from the dcip bass of tution th < bards sublime Atlantic Cbntll tuo |