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.

(C) Horatio Alger, Jr.
06/30/2019


Best Poems of Horatio Alger, Jr.

• He Discourseth Of The Wherefore Of Bachelorism.
• The Dinner-bell Rings.
• St. Nicholas.
• For The Consecration Of A Cemetery.
• Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Things Eatable.
• Mrs. Merdle Describeth Her Doctor.
• Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Again On Dinner.
• The Dinner Table Talk.
• He Discourseth Of Trouble And Sorrow.
• Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Hygiene And Fish Sauce.
• Out Of Egypt.
• Gone To The War.
• Places Where Mortals Dine.
• Mrs. Merdle Ordereth The Second Course.
• June.
• Mrs. Merdle At Home.
• Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Things Earthly.
• What Another Poet Did.