And should you ever hesi tate
Among such charming scenes -
Essence of summer magazines -
Hesitate, and estimate
How much is simple accident
How much one knows
How much one means
Well! among many apophthegms
Here's one that goes -
Play to your conscience, through the maze
Of means and ways
And wear the crown of your ideal
Bays
And rose.
IV
Among the debris of the year
Of which the autumn takes its toll: –
Old letters, programmes, unpaid bills
Photographs, tennis shoes, and more,
Ties, postal cards, the mass that fills
The limbo of a bureau drawer -
Of which October takes its toll
Among the debris of the year
I find this headed "Barcarolle".
"Along the wet paths of the sea
A crowd of barking waves pursue
Bearing what consequence to you
And me.
The neuropathic winds renew
Like marionettes who leave their graves
Walking the waves
Bringing the news from either Pole
Or knowledge of the fourth dimension :
"We beg to call to your attention
"Some minor problems of the sou!."
