The reckless straddle, the wait on the edge,

The insolence of pat hands and the lifts

That patient merit of the bluffer takes,

When he himself might be much better off

By simply passing? Who would trays uphold,

And go out on a small progressive raise,

But that the dread of something after call—

The undiscovered ace-full, to whose strength

Such hands must bow, puzzles the will,

And makes us rather keep the chips we have