The Workman

Adventure Youth will have. Behold the days
When o'er the seas discoverers roamed to gain
The gleam, the treasure of an unknown main.
When Romeos went singing amorous lays
Unto the Juliets of their errantry,
And even now they dance at Carnival ;
Gamble for wealth, watching the dice and ball;
Or seek for Chance amid Life's pageantry.
But he, the workman, his adventure found—
Beat up the surges of his blood—in this :
He toiled for wife and children ; from Life ground
Their sustenance just for a look, a kiss.
He toiled for love ; his wealth of youth did spend
For love and birth, adventure without end.