Show 4 44 4 4 4 CHOICE POETRY 4 4 44 4 his other chance lie he wu was down and out and his pluck WM gene gone and AM he aid to me in a gloomy way I 1 ve re muted wasted by chances one by on one and MW I 1 m just no good pod as the al 41 people SAY ay nothing ahead and my dreams all dust though oree thre there was son something thang 1 I might have been but I 1 gasn wasn ant t gam and I 1 broke ny my trust and I 1 straight and I 1 clea i A you re pretty low down said I X to him nut but nobody a holding you th there ere my K friend lie is a air earn here where men sink and swim and drifters come to a sorry end but there a two of you living and breathing still the fellow you are and he 3 tough to see and another chap if you youve ve got the will the man that you still have a chance to be ile laughed with scorn Is there two tao of ara I 1 thought id murdered the other one I 1 once krew A 4 chap that I 1 hoped to be and he was decent but now he hes 3 gone well says 1 I it may seem to you that life has little of joy in store sal i but there 3 always something you still can do and there s never a man but can try once more there are always ts two 0 to the end of time the fellow we A e are and the future man the lord never meint you should cease to climb and you can get up if it you think you can the fellow you are Is a sorry siga but you go drifting out to sea get hold of yourself and travel rim there 3 a fellow you youve ve still got a R chance to be son of mine this Is what I 1 id d have hate you be son of mine happy independent tree free sturdy tine fine willing cheerful brave of heart clear of thought but not too smart play the etame and pay to win son ot of mine out but when failure drags you in never neier atme when bour best will sill hardly do dent don t let shame get hold of you keep your head in pleasure pleasures s hour son of mine these are needed tor for the flower ran rain and shine many a plant which might have bloomed was by too much sunshine doomed live your life as best abu can son ot of mine play the friend and play the man hold the line care and pleasure you will meet but to in either never cheat take we loss and take the gall gain ran son of mine with the wisdom to remain free from sign of the coward mind which shows how it magnifies its woes I 1 be you clean and be you fair son of mine never shirk what Is your share straight as pine face whatever comes erect and win all mens respect mother who made me what I 1 an wn a n today who kept me in the narrow wa 7 who bowed at night with tae to pray twos mother who ebore bore the pains palm who hushed t cries that from my infant lips did artre rl e who wiped the tear drops fram my eyes mother who left her bed at midnight cold and never one time thought to scold but sacs sang to me sweet songs of old mother and ard when T 7 row rew to manhood bold and wande rl d from the family fold who wept when of my told tafta N M mother i 0 0 mother mine I 1 think of thee and long once more thy face to see the sweetest to love e of all to me my artber if I 1 knew if I 1 knew the box where the smiles MI are kept 0 no matter how large the key or strong the bolt I 1 would try so hard atwould open I 1 know for me then over the land and the sea broadcast I 1 id d scatter the to play thai that the children childrens s faces maht hold them fast for many and many a day it I 1 knew a box ox that was large enough to hold all the frowns I 1 meet I 1 would like to gather them every one from nursery school and street then foidl g and holding hold n id pack them in and turning the monster key id 14 hire a eta glat t to dav the box boa to the depths of the deef deel deep sea ion women men irien by it 14 to I 1 on the isid 0 tn in the pacific ocean u |