Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-09-12
,OSEBURG REVIEW
THURSDAY. SEPT. y. 1889.
mn4r M.tkrs MEN RIcHt

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S,ttten by Mrs pr 5. Hamilton. and read by Miss
Edith callahAn before the recent Teachers
Institute held IN Roseburg
What makes men ricbs asked hoary sage, i
Who could wise and fitting answer give;
For he had studied men from youth TO age,
And knew the history ol all that live;
Thus learned with others he rejoiced to share,
The knowledge that reFaia life ofcare.
lan's wealth, he SAID. is based upon the gain
That forms the object OF his chief desire
Thus, wisdom casts her pearls to those In vain
Who have no Gre such treasure 10 acquire,
While solpn warShips only al her shrine
And spurns The soul who could his feast decline.
Mems worth depends upon purpose high,
And strength its ends successfully to serve;
lis pitlful to see weakling tn,
And just beneath some noble aim to swerve,
And like a bird to fiutter to the ground,
A restless prisoner there. BY weakness bound.
He thus paid tribute to the favored few,
Who by their fellows are exalted high,
Because their characters were strong and true,
On whom the weak ior succor might rely;
They in their virtues own priceless gem,
And baser wealth its homage pays to them.
lie bowed 10 where faithful mother sat,
And blessed the little group around her chai
No Heaven on earth he iound so near as that,
And none so rich as those who gather there
For love and innocence cannot be bought:
That ike instructive lore exists untaughi.
lie told me then of shepherds long ago,
WHOSE focks were feeeliagse thousand hill
g 9.sds aiiat rseh IN MIX and l,oltey. flow,
~'Filss 5Idsn whest their ample granary fills
And called them rich in raiment and in food
Who4sith content could lack no earthly good
AF'l then he pointed me TO Fortunes slaves
Who handle thousands more thanthey can nee
And borrow trouble leading them to graves
Eg cares from which the soul is seldom freed
Bot they are rich; they love their golden cham
4n.s count accretions to their burdens. gains
Ne passed 10 view the misers dismal den.
Wta. spends his life in reckoning his gold;
And found him rich, Tor his desires had bee
-fhas gtatifie,l; bis life was hard. and cold,
i;.Ii home and friend5 were both by hir
dcspised
ma his brigh, yellow hoard was all he pr.zed
We paused where Orient homes in splcndo
shone,
md helpless slaves in costly robes were clad
md called them rich, for Jewels rare they own
nd childish JOY in their possessions had,
nd they had satisfied the Moslem's wife
hose soul had learned 10 love no higher life
hen IN a dismal hut upon the ground,
savage ehieitain sat, Of wealth possessed
bsads and trinkets round his form wa
woahl
a m bright tirts his swirlly limbs wer
dressed:
fT'wsfis dear. :hey cost him more tha
ehildto buy these ganis was solt
low told Of men in Natures night
huge piles Of stone to testify,
in ages past had found delight,
ag tombs they were 70 occupy;
monuments they stand like mountains ar
Al though destined 10 be forever there.
glimpse Of centuries that were to he,
foa benighted mind has found its way,
And those are rich who wished for men 10 5,
@slheif graves. when ages long had passed ava
fot every traveller that nears the mile,
IN wonder looks upon each mighty pile
Butch, how VAN those strange ambitions We
For @anton han,ls now drag the mummy for
Aud ieage il crnmbhng in the desert air,
tFntl i,s ashes mingle with the earth,