Poetry & Verse
A Parody on “A Psalm of Life”
By Oliver Wendell HolmesSource: Oliver Wendell Holmes - PoetryDB (Public Domain)104 words
Life is real, life is earnest, And the shell is not its pen – “Egg thou art, and egg remainest” Was not spoken of the...
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Life is real, life is earnest, And the shell is not its pen – “Egg thou art, and egg remainest” Was not spoken of the hen. Art is long and Time is fleeting, Be our bills then sharpened well, And not like muffled drums be beating On the inside of the shell. In the world’s broad field of battle, In the great barnyard of life, Be not like those lazy cattle!…
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