. ... Debris . OUNTLESS so-called poetsFill the land with rhyme; Coo in gurgling rapturesOf the Summer-time. Miles and miles of paperTell their views on Spring, Winter time and rag-time,And all that kind of thing. Sunlight, moonlight, starlight, sky,Birds, and flowers, and such, Make a White Mans Burden,That weighs by far too much. Illll IIIII. How nice that Milton lived and died In a far, far distant day,While up-to-date America, Was a trifle less blasd. Dante, Homer, Shakespeare, Wouldnt take at die of sheer starvation, Before the early Fall. They wouldnt care for politics :And the
. ... Debris . OUNTLESS so-called poetsFill the land with rhyme; Coo in gurgling rapturesOf the Summer-time. Miles and miles of paperTell their views on Spring, Winter time and rag-time,And all that kind of thing. Sunlight, moonlight, starlight, sky,Birds, and flowers, and such, Make a White Mans Burden,That weighs by far too much. Illll IIIII. How nice that Milton lived and died In a far, far distant day,While up-to-date America, Was a trifle less blasd. Dante, Homer, Shakespeare, Wouldnt take at die of sheer starvation, Before the early Fall. They wouldnt care for politics :And the question of reform In street car service, base-ball,Natural gas, the Dorm, Would be too deep to trifle with. Theyd give up life, and goBy rapid transit methods To another world, you know. Dante, to his comedy company ; Homer, right straight home ;Shakespeare to his fencing class, Never more to roam. Unless it were to happen,Thro magic, dark and deep, Theyd somehow be transported,While in a heavy sleep, Across the briny ocean,From the old world to the new ; And should wake some fine, bright morningOn the campus at Purdue ; With the sunlight on the windows,Sparkling like great eyes ; And the lily fountain—flowing !(For a once-a-year surprise.) Eager-eyed, theyd wanderOer the velvet green, Drinking in the beautiesOf this wondrous scene,
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