Friday, November 29, 2013

"Epigrams" by Rev. Joseph C. Booth (1919)

Epigrams.

BY (REV.) JOSEPH C. BOOTH.

THE LAZY MAN.

The lazy man has voice and lung,

His energy is in his tongue;

If what he says "I'll do" he did,

His strength would build a pyramid!

GRIEFS—A CONSTRAST.

Little griefs, like shallow streams,

        Are noted for their sound;

Silent griefs, as waters deep,

        Are still because profound!/p>

THE TONGUE.

"Some tongues are silver, " I have oft been told,

If so, I think some have been made of gold;

But what of those that sound like brass or lead?

'T is plain—the tongue rings like a person's head.

THE GOSSIP.

'T is better to be dumb, if peace abound

Than own a gossip's tongue to wag around;

A cannon's mouth is harmless when it's still,

But when it opens there's an awful spill!

MAN MAKES HIS SPHERE.

If you wear a sunny face, others will reflect your beam;

If you wear a dark grimace, blackness will in others seem;

Lo! the truth is plain and clear—Man's the maker of his sphere.

Troy Times. May 16, 1919: 13 col 1.

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