RUDOLPH VALENTINO
(TO M.)
The serenade of a thousand years ago
The song of a hushed lip
Lives forever in the glass of today
Wherein we see the reflection of it
If we but brush away
The cobwebs of a doubting faith.
Published by
MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
New York
1923
Copyright, 1923
BY
RUDOLPH VALENTINO
Printed
in U. S. A.
To J. C. N. G.
MY FRIENDS HERE AND THERE
INTRODUCTION
I can not tell a rondelay
In words of yesterday
I can not tell a couplet
For words come as they may.
I’ll do my best—I’ll try a bit
Of ultra-modern rhyme
And cast aside the shackles
Binding “Once upon a time.”