The Talisman

What is Fortune, what is Fame? Futile gold and phantom name,-- Riches buried in a cave, Glory written on a grave.

What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.

Come, my friend, and let us prove Life's true talisman is love! By this charm we shall elude Poverty and solitude.

January 21, 1914.