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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rubáiyát of Bridge, by Carolyn Wells
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+Title: The Rubáiyát of Bridge
+
+Author: Carolyn Wells
+
+Illustrator: May Wilson Preston
+
+Release Date: December 10, 2007 [EBook #23792]
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+Language: English
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+The Rubáiyát of Bridge
+
+by
+
+CAROLYN WELLS
+
+
+WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
+MAY WILSON PRESTON
+
+
+[Illustration: ALL'S LOST SAVE HONOURS]
+
+HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
+
+NEW YORK AND LONDON :: MCMIX
+
+Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_All rights reserved._
+
+Published April, 1909.
+
+_Printed in the United States of America._
+
+
+
+
+The Rubáiyát of BRIDGE
+
+[Illustration: ALL'S LOST SAVE HONORS]
+
+
+
+
+Now the new Rubber rousing new Desires,
+The Thoughtful Soul to Doubling Hearts aspires.
+=When the Red Hand of Dummy is laid down,
+And even Hope of the Odd Trick expires!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Ah, make the Most of what We yet may Take,
+Before we lose the Lead, and let Them make
+=Trick after Trick!  While we throw down High Cards,
+Sans Lead, sans Score, sans Honor, and sans Stake!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A Book of Bridge Rules underneath the Bough,
+A Score Card, Two new Packs of Cards, and Thou
+=With Two Good Players sitting opposite,
+Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The Card no Question makes of ayes or noes,
+But High or Low, as suits the Player shows;
+=But he who Stands Beside you, Looking On,--
+He knows about it all! He Knows!! **He Knows!!!**
+
+[Illustration]
+
+I sometimes think there's never such Tirade
+As where some Bridge Game has been badly Played.
+=When Some One thinks you should have made no Trump,
+And you have thriftily declared a Spade!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Myself, when Young, did eagerly Frequent
+Bridge Tournaments, and heard Great Argument
+=About this Point and That. Yet, after all,
+Came out no Better Player than I went.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+For I remember stopping by the Way
+To watch Four Celebrated Champions play.
+=They Differed on the Discard, Make, and Lead.
+Whatever One Said,--Said The Others, "Nay!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Why, if a Soul can fling the Rules aside,
+And let his Card=Sense be his Only Guide,
+=Were't not a Shame, were't not a Shame for him
+By Street and Elwell tamely to abide?
+
+[Illustration]
+
+And if the Card you hopefully Finesse
+Capture the Trick,--your Partner Smiles! Oh yes!
+=And you smile Broadly! But, if it be Caught
+By the Fourth Hand,--your Smiles are somewhat Less!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+But if in Vain down on the Stubborn Score
+You gaze; and make it No Trumps, just once more,--
+=With Strength in Every Suit, but with No Ace,--
+How then,--when Dummy calmly Lays down Four!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+To Them the Heart Convention did I show,
+And with Mine Own Hand tried to make it go.
+=But this is all the Wisdom that I reaped,--
+"With more than Three Hearts, always lead the Low!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+For, Trump or No=Trump, though with all the Rules,
+Of different Masters and of different Schools,
+=I've played with Players of all Sorts,--but I
+Have never beaten anything,--but Fools!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Indeed, indeed--to Quit It oft Before
+I swore,--but did I mean it when I swore?
+=And then,--and then came Three, and, Cards in Hand,
+I Joined them, and they made me keep the Score!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Alas, how Subtle Bridge alluring Woos!
+And robs me of my Nightly Beauty=Snooze.
+=I often Wonder what Bridge Players gain
+One=half so Precious as the Sleep they Lose.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Oh, Threats of Loss, and Hopes of Golden Store,
+One thing in Bridge is Certain,--'tis not Lore!
+=One thing is Certain, and the Rest is Chance:
+The Hand that holds the Cards will win the Score!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Some for the Gain of Penny Points, and Some
+Sigh for the Lovely Prizes yet to come.
+=Oh, take the Prize and let the Pennies go,
+Nor heed the winning of a Paltry Sum.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When You and I our Last Bridge Game have played,
+The Games will go right on by Those who've Stayed,
+=Who of Our Coming and Departure heed
+As the Heart Ace should heed a little Spade.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+We are no other than a Moving Row
+Of Magic Dummy Hands that Come and Go.
+=Played to the Last Trump by the Hand of Fate,
+By whom our Hearts are Shuffled To and Fro.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+The End.
+
+
+
+
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+Title: The Rubáiyát of Bridge
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+Author: Carolyn Wells
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+<h1>The Rub&aacute;iy&aacute;t of Bridge</h1>
+
+<h3>by</h3>
+
+<h2>CAROLYN WELLS</h2>
+
+
+<div class="box">
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 446px;">
+<img src="images/cover.png" width="446" height="650" alt="Title page" title="" />
+</div>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<h5><i>All rights reserved.</i></h5>
+
+<h5>Published April, 1909.</h5>
+
+<h5><i>Printed in the United States of America.</i></h5>
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;">
+<img src="images/title.jpg" width="550" height="182" alt="Book Title" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;">
+<img src="images/logo.jpg" width="150" height="197" alt="ALL&#39;S LOST SAVE HONORS" title="" />
+</div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Now the new Rubber rousing new Desires,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">The Thoughtful Soul to Doubling Hearts aspires.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=When the Red Hand of Dummy is laid down,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">And even Hope of the Odd Trick expires!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 394px;">
+<img src="images/illus1.jpg" width="394" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Ah, make the Most of what We yet may Take,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Before we lose the Lead, and let Them make</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=Trick after Trick!  While we throw down High Cards,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Sans Lead, sans Score, sans Honor, and sans Stake!</span><br />
+</p></div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 416px;">
+<img src="images/illus2.jpg" width="416" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">A Book of Bridge Rules underneath the Bough,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">A Score Card, Two new Packs of Cards, and Thou</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=With Two Good Players sitting opposite,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 427px;">
+<img src="images/illus3.jpg" width="427" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">The Card no Question makes of ayes or noes,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">But High or Low, as suits the Player shows;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=But he who Stands Beside you, Looking On,&mdash;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">He knows about it all! He Knows!! <i><b>He Knows!!!</b></i></span><br />
+</p></div>
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 430px;">
+<img src="images/illus4.jpg" width="430" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">I sometimes think there's never such Tirade</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">As where some Bridge Game has been badly Played.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=When Some One thinks you should have made no Trump,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">And you have thriftily declared a Spade!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 426px;">
+<img src="images/illus5.jpg" width="426" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Myself, when Young, did eagerly Frequent</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Bridge Tournaments, and heard Great Argument</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=About this Point and That. Yet, after all,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Came out no Better Player than I went.</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 435px;">
+<img src="images/illus6.jpg" width="435" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">For I remember stopping by the Way</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">To watch Four Celebrated Champions play.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=They Differed on the Discard, Make, and Lead.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Whatever One Said,&mdash;Said The Others, "Nay!"</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 427px;">
+<img src="images/illus7.jpg" width="427" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Why, if a Soul can fling the Rules aside,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">And let his Card=Sense be his Only Guide,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=Were't not a Shame, were't not a Shame for him</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">By Street and Elwell tamely to abide?</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 443px;">
+<img src="images/illus8.jpg" width="443" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">And if the Card you hopefully Finesse</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Capture the Trick,&mdash;your Partner Smiles! Oh yes!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=And you smile Broadly! But, if it be Caught</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">By the Fourth Hand,&mdash;your Smiles are somewhat Less!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 383px;">
+<img src="images/illus9.jpg" width="383" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">But if in Vain down on the Stubborn Score</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">You gaze; and make it No Trumps, just once more,&mdash;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=With Strength in Every Suit, but with No Ace,&mdash;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">How then,&mdash;when Dummy calmly Lays down Four!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 422px;">
+<img src="images/illus10.jpg" width="422" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">To Them the Heart Convention did I show,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">And with Mine Own Hand tried to make it go.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=But this is all the Wisdom that I reaped,&mdash;</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">"With more than Three Hearts, always lead the Low!"</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 432px;">
+<img src="images/illus11.jpg" width="432" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">For, Trump or No=Trump, though with all the Rules,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Of different Masters and of different Schools,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=I've played with Players of all Sorts,&mdash;but I</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Have never beaten anything,&mdash;but Fools!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 425px;">
+<img src="images/illus12.jpg" width="425" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Indeed, indeed&mdash;to Quit It oft Before</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">I swore,&mdash;but did I mean it when I swore?</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=And then,&mdash;and then came Three, and, Cards in Hand,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">I Joined them, and they made me keep the Score!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 417px;">
+<img src="images/illus13.jpg" width="417" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Alas, how Subtle Bridge alluring Woos!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">And robs me of my Nightly Beauty=Snooze.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=I often Wonder what Bridge Players gain</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">One=half so Precious as the Sleep they Lose.</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 437px;">
+<img src="images/illus14.jpg" width="437" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Oh, Threats of Loss, and Hopes of Golden Store,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">One thing in Bridge is Certain,&mdash;'tis not Lore!</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=One thing is Certain, and the Rest is Chance:</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">The Hand that holds the Cards will win the Score!</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 439px;">
+<img src="images/illus15.jpg" width="439" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Some for the Gain of Penny Points, and Some</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Sigh for the Lovely Prizes yet to come.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=Oh, take the Prize and let the Pennies go,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Nor heed the winning of a Paltry Sum.</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 433px;">
+<img src="images/illus16.jpg" width="433" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">When You and I our Last Bridge Game have played,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">The Games will go right on by Those who've Stayed,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=Who of Our Coming and Departure heed</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">As the Heart Ace should heed a little Spade.</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 432px;">
+<img src="images/illus17.jpg" width="432" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="cpoem">
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">We are no other than a Moving Row</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">Of Magic Dummy Hands that Come and Go.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">=Played to the Last Trump by the Hand of Fate,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 5em;">By whom our Hearts are Shuffled To and Fro.</span><br />
+</p></div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 417px;">
+<img src="images/illus18.jpg" width="417" height="600" alt="" title="" />
+</div>
+
+<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span></p>
+
+<h4><br /><br /><br />The End.</h4>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Rubaiyat of Bridge, by Carolyn Wells
+
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+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+
+Title: The Rubaiyat of Bridge
+
+Author: Carolyn Wells
+
+Illustrator: May Wilson Preston
+
+Release Date: December 10, 2007 [EBook #23792]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RUBAIYAT OF BRIDGE ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed
+Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
+produced from images generously made available by The
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+
+The Rubaiyat of Bridge
+
+by
+
+CAROLYN WELLS
+
+
+WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
+MAY WILSON PRESTON
+
+
+[Illustration: ALL'S LOST SAVE HONOURS]
+
+HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
+
+NEW YORK AND LONDON :: MCMIX
+
+Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+_All rights reserved._
+
+Published April, 1909.
+
+_Printed in the United States of America._
+
+
+
+
+The Rubaiyat of BRIDGE
+
+[Illustration: ALL'S LOST SAVE HONORS]
+
+
+
+
+Now the new Rubber rousing new Desires,
+The Thoughtful Soul to Doubling Hearts aspires.
+=When the Red Hand of Dummy is laid down,
+And even Hope of the Odd Trick expires!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Ah, make the Most of what We yet may Take,
+Before we lose the Lead, and let Them make
+=Trick after Trick!  While we throw down High Cards,
+Sans Lead, sans Score, sans Honor, and sans Stake!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A Book of Bridge Rules underneath the Bough,
+A Score Card, Two new Packs of Cards, and Thou
+=With Two Good Players sitting opposite,
+Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The Card no Question makes of ayes or noes,
+But High or Low, as suits the Player shows;
+=But he who Stands Beside you, Looking On,--
+He knows about it all! He Knows!! **He Knows!!!**
+
+[Illustration]
+
+I sometimes think there's never such Tirade
+As where some Bridge Game has been badly Played.
+=When Some One thinks you should have made no Trump,
+And you have thriftily declared a Spade!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Myself, when Young, did eagerly Frequent
+Bridge Tournaments, and heard Great Argument
+=About this Point and That. Yet, after all,
+Came out no Better Player than I went.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+For I remember stopping by the Way
+To watch Four Celebrated Champions play.
+=They Differed on the Discard, Make, and Lead.
+Whatever One Said,--Said The Others, "Nay!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Why, if a Soul can fling the Rules aside,
+And let his Card=Sense be his Only Guide,
+=Were't not a Shame, were't not a Shame for him
+By Street and Elwell tamely to abide?
+
+[Illustration]
+
+And if the Card you hopefully Finesse
+Capture the Trick,--your Partner Smiles! Oh yes!
+=And you smile Broadly! But, if it be Caught
+By the Fourth Hand,--your Smiles are somewhat Less!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+But if in Vain down on the Stubborn Score
+You gaze; and make it No Trumps, just once more,--
+=With Strength in Every Suit, but with No Ace,--
+How then,--when Dummy calmly Lays down Four!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+To Them the Heart Convention did I show,
+And with Mine Own Hand tried to make it go.
+=But this is all the Wisdom that I reaped,--
+"With more than Three Hearts, always lead the Low!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+For, Trump or No=Trump, though with all the Rules,
+Of different Masters and of different Schools,
+=I've played with Players of all Sorts,--but I
+Have never beaten anything,--but Fools!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Indeed, indeed--to Quit It oft Before
+I swore,--but did I mean it when I swore?
+=And then,--and then came Three, and, Cards in Hand,
+I Joined them, and they made me keep the Score!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Alas, how Subtle Bridge alluring Woos!
+And robs me of my Nightly Beauty=Snooze.
+=I often Wonder what Bridge Players gain
+One=half so Precious as the Sleep they Lose.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Oh, Threats of Loss, and Hopes of Golden Store,
+One thing in Bridge is Certain,--'tis not Lore!
+=One thing is Certain, and the Rest is Chance:
+The Hand that holds the Cards will win the Score!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Some for the Gain of Penny Points, and Some
+Sigh for the Lovely Prizes yet to come.
+=Oh, take the Prize and let the Pennies go,
+Nor heed the winning of a Paltry Sum.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When You and I our Last Bridge Game have played,
+The Games will go right on by Those who've Stayed,
+=Who of Our Coming and Departure heed
+As the Heart Ace should heed a little Spade.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+We are no other than a Moving Row
+Of Magic Dummy Hands that Come and Go.
+=Played to the Last Trump by the Hand of Fate,
+By whom our Hearts are Shuffled To and Fro.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+The End.
+
+
+
+
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