An’ I answer up here to a new name instead thet in every way is as good.
I have shaken the teeth of the hounds of the past, fergotten like all men who die,
But I know thet my Soul will be there at the last—fer my Soul knows thet I am still I.
LEISURE
I thank the Lord that I have time
For things that pay no dividends,
For song and book and sunset gleam
And sweet companionship of friends.
The song may be some simple theme,
The book some poet’s dreamy rime