Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1914 — Consolation. [ARTICLE]

Consolation.

The things you wished for as a boy Would, if you had them, yield no Joy; Cheer up—the Joys denied today May, when you’re eighty-one or two. And bent and weary-limbed and gray, Have not a single charm for you.