Versos English Horatio Alger He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow.

English poem

He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow.

by (1832–1899)

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What else do they live for? They live but for this; And nothing but this ever troubles their thinking; Rich eating, rich dressing, and flirting's their bliss, And life's better purposes constantly blinking.

Their life's but a tissue of trouble and sorrow Of what is the fashion or will be to-morrow.