Show the true patriot how blessed is the man who asks no ct low or high who nutley at his useful tasks nor yearns to bleed and die I 1 no spoiled ambitions make him soro or cause him to repine and every day at every door ho he gets the welcome sign ho ile is no politicians pup to follow him through town i no whippersnapper whipper snapper higher up can ever call him iown he does not need to whine and sob ii in some cheap ears that he lie may hold hh his dinky job another term of years it needful to pretend ho lie loves ta unas unwashed lied jay he lie call his bosom friend each boob who comes his way he ile cares not for the smiles or frowns of people in bagh a place but in his old blue hand me downs he lie toils toil i with skill and grace from all otric ial fetters free he herds his losing kine and prunes the spreading pumpkin tree and trains the tile cabbage vine administrations oft may change and patriots may w weep cap i such things no not his plans de derange or make him loose his sleep let others break their hearts to nab those prizes dear to men all quietly he lie keeneth tab upon his setting hen how blessed is the man take no office small or big I 1 rather stay at home and make a boudoir for his pig I 1 walt mason |