Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1920 — THE RESOLUTION TREE. [ARTICLE]

THE RESOLUTION TREE.

Behold the resolution tree, Lugubrious to view; It stands so straight it backward leans, And all its leaves are new. It does not glitter in the gloom. No cheerful gleam invites, There is no chance for Jollity— The lid is on its lights. And though alluring articles Festoon it round about, The branches are entirely hung With things to.do without —McLandburgh Wilson.