Palmer Cox

“ One thus addressed the moistened crowd:
"Although the earth, from which we rise,
Now many miles below us lies,
To sharpest eye, strain as it may,
The moon looks just as far away."
"The earth is good enough for me!" ”

“ Some showed an easy, graceful pose,
But some put little faith in toes,
And thought that fingers, after all,
Are best if one begins to fall.
When weary of a sport they grew,
Away to other tricks they flew. ”

“ To every one that passes by;
'The frost will finish our repose,
The grubs are working at our toes;
Who've such a shameful waste allowed
So wrapped in self some men can be,
Beyond their purse they seldom see ”