Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1914 — ALADDIN. [ARTICLE]

ALADDIN.

When I was a beggarly boy And lived In a cellar damp I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin’s lamp. When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough In my brain And builded, with roofs of gold, My beautiful castles in Spain. Since then 1 have tolled day and night. t I have money and power good 1 store; But I'd give all my lamps of silver bright For the one that is mine no more. Take, Fortune, whatever you choose— You gave and may snatch again— I have nothing ’twould pain me to lose. For I own no more castles in Spain. —Jaines Russell Lowell.