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To: <!--$email--> -==========**********O**********==========- Normally, as you all know, Mother Goose does all the talking ! Finally Father Gander has his say ... http://snurl.com/frgander -==========**********O**********==========- Humorous Poetry Issue # 110 May 7, 2005 Hi Friends, It's often quite a wait, when your wz disappears to hibernate ;! Contentment - Oliver Wendell Holmes ---------------------------- ???Man wants but little here below.??? Little I ask: my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone, (A very plain brown stone will do) That I may call my own;- And close at hand is such a one, In yonder street that fronts the sun. Plain food is quite enough for me; Three courses are as good as ten;- If Nature can subsist on three, Thank Heaven for three. Amen! I always thought cold victuals nice,- My choice would be vanilla-ice. I care not much for gold or land;- Give me a mortgage here and there,- Some good bank-stock, -some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share;- I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names;- I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, But only near St. James;- I'm very sure I should not care To fill our Gubernator??™s chair. Jewels are baubles; ???tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things;- One good-sized diamond in a pin,- Some, not so large, in rings,- A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me,- I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good, heavy silks are never dear)- I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true cashmere,- Some marrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. I would not have the horse I drive So fast that folks must stop and stare; An easy gait, -two-forty-five- Suits me, I do not care;- Perhaps, for just a single spurt Some seconds less would do no hurt. Of pictures, I should like to own Titians and Raphaels three or four,- I love so much their style and tone,- One Turner, and no more,- (A landscape, foreground golden dirt;- The sunshine painted with a squirt)- Of books but few, some fifty score For daily use, and bound for wear; The rest upon an upper floor;- Some little luxury there Of red morocco??™s gilded gleam, And vellum rich as country cream. Busts, cameos, gems,-such things as these, Which others of ten show for pride, I value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride; One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would fain possess. Wealth??™s wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; Shall not carved tables serve my turn? But all must be of buhl. Give grasping pomp its double share,- I ask but one recumbent chair. Thus humble let me live and die, Nor long for Midas??™ golden touch; If Heaven more generous gifts deny, I shall not miss them much, Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content. (From The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table http://workinghumor.com/quotes/autocrat.shtml ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For all the best resources on Humorous Poetry, visit: http://exwz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Thou would visit my site (it's free) Look around, click an ad or three I too would be grateful for the time you spent and would say goodbye with mind content. Gunjan Your Humorous Poetry WZ-ard http://www.exwz.com http://www.workinghumor.com P.S - If you enjoy the Humorous Poetry newsletter, do remember to encourage your friends to sign up for it too. -==========**********O**********==========- 'Great Speaking' If you're interested in good Public Speaking Tips and Tips on using Humor in your presentations, I strongly recommend Tom Antion's 'Great Speaking' newsletter. With over 1,20,000 subscribers and fantastic fee structure (It's free) wouldn't you say it's definitely worth a try? Check it out at http://www.listpartners.com/cgi-local/subscribe?2606 -==========**********O**********==========- ~~~ About the Humorous Poetry Newsletter - Administrivia To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 10658-unsubscribe@zinester.com To subscribe, send a blank email to 10658-subscribe@zinester.com To change your email address, simply unsubscribe and then subscribe again, as described just above. To send an email to a human, please email gunjan@exwz.com |
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