Is this, dear—more’s the pity—

You’re summering in the mountains,

I’m simmering in the city!

[Ogden Ward

THE FIVE DOUBLE U’S

Winsomeness, wardrobe, words of eloquence,

Wisdom, and wealth, bring men to consequence.

That’s something which a man in vain pursues

Who is not blest with these five w’s.[1]

[From the Sanskrit (Tr. by Chas. R. Lanman)