Honeymoon—The brief period before the novelty wears off.
Notoriety—Something that doesn’t last so long as fame, but brings in more money.
The Simple Life—The existence led by people who invest in get-rich-quick schemes.
The Palace
BY EDWIN MARKHAM
(Copyright by Edwin Markham in Great Britain)
Author of “The Man With the Hoe” and other poems
ONCE, in a world that has gone down to dust,
I began to build a palace by the sea,
White-pillared, in a garden full of fountains.
The mock-birds in the tall magnolias sang;
And down all ways the Graces and the Joys
Went ever beckoning with wreathing arms.
The chisels and the hammers of the men
Were singing merrily among the stones,
And tower and gable rose against the sky.
A thousand friends,
All hastening to make ready for the feast,
Felt their light bodies whirling in the ball;
Were jesting and roaring at the tables spread
After the masquerade; were sleeping high
In perfumed chambers under the quiet stars;
When, lo! a voice came crying through my heart:
“Leave all thou hast, and come and follow Me!”