West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-23
THE EDITORS GIRL.
Spoken at the Banquet OF the Delta Tau
Delta FRATERNITY,
nv nnRngnr ". COLLINGMn0n.

Spoken at the Banquet OF the Delta Tau
Delta Fraternity.
nv HERBERr ". CoLLtNGwuon.
You know the old follow who. long ago said,
After painfully thinking and rubbing his head,
That with one simple lever he'd make the
world jump
From its place-into space-with terrible
hump
" &c had but log aud a good place tn stand,
lie could move the whole world 10y one touch
IN" old follow 5 lever was easily found
but the loE and the place To stand never came
And the people laughed loud at the dreaming
old maG,
They called him lunatic-snecred at his plan.
Vet wcIioolish quilldrivcrs-know Ire was
The world can bo swsycd from the dark 10 the
light.
Tho Press is our lever, far down i'm tho heart
~ the people IL yeachcs and holds for $50 part
The Press - the lever, vet where does IL rcsty
The The noble ole Roman or Greek at his best
Wus lorcc's To give mp Uu his log long ago:
Yet We haN discovered it-listcu, I N show
me lcNeI swings on rs the busy years whir.
ana IL rests I'm the hands of the Ed tors Grit!
The Editors Giry what, that small party
. there
with square inch OF forehead down under
her hutrs
with IA tst like snowbal-a D'outh lik. n
rose,
With a smile that would thaw out your heart
though II frolcl
Admit it-bc honest my brothers. to-day
we arc brothers-lll not give your secret
away.
own 4 mp, has the little girl not made your
Far better ana purer and held you from
STRIFE
Don't you know how you stood may bc years
How YOU wanted TO stay ana yet wanted To goY
WINE inc little girl looked up at YOU with II
And queer sort OF look in her eyes all the
while:
TIL y1u found that YOU couldn't stay longer
And on reached for her mouth-and, in fact
you took prooiT''
Now honestly didn't you. after that night
lhlnk OF her every time when you sat down
Your Wild cditorials:-how they did shine
Touched up hy friend Cupid, that fellow di-
vine.
She would smile up AT you from the bottle of
ink,
while YOU sat there pat'ontly trying TO think.
rou knew mat your paper would always be
read
by at least one subscriber WHOSE, dcnr littio
head
Would treasure the good aud forget all the ill.,
And think \ on a wonderful parsonage still
- charm
That would mako Trouble shake in it's boots
know what it was-it was only acurl
rom the head OF the Editors dear little Girl
You smile at me now, and you say that these
joys
Are AZ very well for IA great crowd of boys;
have turned gray.
The romance and poetry all fly away
now u u bc true, that the heart will grow
Let US solemnly swear that wen never grow
saw, tell me. you bald headed men over tbere-
hou studious fellows with more brain than
You mon who stood looking own through tho
dim year,.
Al hllel mp with pleasures and trials and
tcurS-
Does the little girl really grow oid with each
j. she ever less fair is she ever less dear
Ihan She WAS when she looked i'm your face
long ago
with the look in her eyes that sent fire through
When she spoke the three words that have
m made up your lie.
That have kept YOU from sorrow and held you
through StrifcE
Would YOU not give as much-come. he honest
10 hight
For ono curl from her head though it be
StrcakCd with white
do her checks really fade as the busy years
whTlg
j. she crer aught else but the Editors Girly
Think over your life; all the joys you have
Al the beautiful memories. tender and sad.
That come as the starlight breaks through The
dark pine,
That twlne round your heart as the soft ten
Ah-the liz may well tremble-the eye may
well I'LL 10y
~ 'Cui --hOb unulhuly u that tender thrill,
as you think of the anguish that wrung
49, through her life
when the little child dropped from the worlds
busy strife.
All the brave little woman-her lips wore
smile. ~.
Though YOU knew that her heart was break
ing the while.
All how small will our portion Of fame be. NV
friends - '''
When the mighty book keeper shall foot IN
both ends w
cf the ledger; our portion Will be indeed
small:
Yet she-little woman-would give US her all.
po your troubles not bring you still closer to.
No matter how gloomy, how stormy Bfes
weather.
Does she not still 70 you her best influence
giveE "NN
DO you not know her better each day that
Does she lead you in truth such "A wonderful
dance:
and e IL all poetry, bosh and romance.
'ou We 9eeu over the road-you know what
out. ' '"'
For We nave a notion - no doubt it,. all
wrong. NJ
No doubt down in practice it's not worth
That man may mount high to the temple of
The honor, the love of the world he NAV
claim ''
Yet back Of 1t all. unobserved and ,pkno,r,
= woman Is silently building his throne
Sne ls pat emily. lovingly working the while
"Hn woman IS unrcasOuinR love and "A smile
A"n As IonS as the years dance their magical
We will praise her for oyer--The Editors Cir.
Rural Nctr Yorker.
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