Verses of Feeling and Fancy

VERSES
FEELING AND FANCY
Wm. M. MacKeracher
MONTREAL: W. DRYSDALE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS.
Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety by Wm. Drysdale & Co., in the office of the Minister of Agriculture.
DEDICATED
MY FATHER.

Motive
Worthless, the man who works—he knows not why, Whom naught inspires to his puny plan, Who seeming plays his part instinctively: Soulless, and falsely designated man.
Wicked, who works from wish of worldly gain,— His soul surrendered to th'accursèd lust Of pleasure partial, briefly to remain, Of treasure liable to moth and rust.
Foolish and vain is he whose motive—fame, Ruled by desire of honor and renown; And fondly courting Fortune's fickle Dame,— To-day she smiles, to-morrow she will frown.