Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

Humorous Poems: IV. Ingenuities: Oddities

Lines Written in an Album

Willis Gaylord (1792–1844)

[A farmer’s daughter, during the rage for albums, handed to the author an old account-book ruled for pounds, shillings, and pence, and requested a contribution.]

THIS WORLD ’s a scene as dark as Styx,£s.d.

Where hope is scarce worth26

Our joys are borne so fleeting hence

That they are dear at18

And yet to stay here most are willing,

Although they may not have1