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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Day Dreams - -Author: Rudolph Valentino - -Release Date: December 26, 2021 [eBook #67016] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAY DREAMS *** - - - - - DAY DREAMS - - [Illustration: _Rudolph Valentino_] - - - - - DAY DREAMS - - RUDOLPH VALENTINO - - [Illustration] - - (TO M.) - - _The serenade of a thousand years ago_ - _The song of a hushed lip_ - _Lives forever in the glass of today_ - _Wherein we see the reflection of it_ - _If we but brush away_ - _The cobwebs of a doubting faith._ - - _Published by_ - MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, INC. - NEW YORK - - 1923 - - - COPYRIGHT, 1923 - BY - RUDOLPH VALENTINO - - Printed - in U. S. A. - - - To J. C. N. G. - MY FRIENDS HERE AND THERE - - - - -INTRODUCTION - - - I can not tell a rondelay - In words of yesterday - I can not tell a couplet - For words come as they may. - I’ll do my best--I’ll try a bit - Of ultra-modern rhyme - And cast aside the shackles - Binding “Once upon a time.” - - - - -PREFACE - - -To you, my gentle reader, I wish to say a foreword of warning before you -peruse the contents of this book. I am not a poet nor a scholar, -therefore you shall find neither poems nor prose. Just dreams--_Day -Dreams_--a bit of romance, a bit of sentimentalism, a bit of philosophy, -not studied, but acquired by constant observation of that greatest of -masters!... _Nature!_ - -While lying idle, not through choice, but because forcibly kept from my -preferred and actual field of activity, I took to dreams to forget the -tediousness of worldly strife and the boredom of jurisprudence’s -pedantic etiquette. - -Happy indeed I shall be if my _Day Dreams_ will bring you as much -enjoyment in the reading as they brought to me in the writing. - - _Rudolph Valentino_ - -_New York--May 29th, 1923._ - - - - -CONTENTS - - - PAGE - -THE GIFT BOOK 1 - -NATURE 3 - -THE LOVE CHILD 5 - -HEART FLOWER 9 - -YOU 11 - -DAY DREAMS 15 - -SUSPICION 17 - -THE SAGE 19 - -MORPHIA 21 - -DOMINO 23 - -THE SPHINX 25 - -STRADIVARIUS 27 - -EXTRAVAGANZA 29 - -MIRAGE 31 - -GLORIFICATION 33 - -REMEMBRANCE 35 - -THREE GENERATIONS OF KISSES 37 - -A BABY’S SKIN 39 - -GRATITUDE 41 - -SHADOWS 43 - -ACCUSATION 45 - -EVEN SONG 47 - -GYPSIES 49 - -THE CARRIER 53 - -THE SCHOOL OF LIFE 55 - -THE WANTON 57 - -SLAVERY 59 - -WITHIN A WALL 61 - -THE CHALICE 63 - -SOLICITUDE 65 - -YOU 67 - -AT SUNRISE TOMORROW 69 - -POVERTY 71 - -CREMATION 73 - -THE LUTE 77 - -POWERLESS 79 - -CAP AND BELLS 83 - -PATCHWORK QUILT 85 - -TO A. M. 87 - -THE PHILOSOPHY OF A PESSIMIST 89 - -GEMS OF THOUGHT 91 - -TO C. F. 93 - -SYMPATHY 95 - -LABOR 99 - -WEALTH 101 - -UNDERSTANDING 103 - -HUNGER 105 - -MONEY 107 - -THE CHOICE 109 - -ITALY 111 - -ERIN 113 - -BEES 115 - -TO M. T. 117 - -IMPERIALISM 119 - -RADIO 121 - -THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF LOVE 123 - -MEMORIAL 125 - -DUST TO DUST 127 - -LULLABY TREE 129 - -ADAGE 131 - -FAITHFULNESS 133 - -REFLECTIONS AT RANDOM 135 - -COOPERATION 143 - - - - -DAY DREAMS - - - - -THE GIFT BOOK - -(To J. R.) - - - A book is a kindly gracious thing. - Each has a particular gift to bring. - - It may be the wealth - Of a wonderful life, - Or the thrilling adventure - Of Jungle strife. - Perhaps it’s a present - Of orient gold, - Tales of Aladdin - Enchantingly told. - Maybe a view - Of olden days, - Knighthood--Romance, - Flowery ways. - And again a journey - To lands afar, - Where strange things happen, - And wonders are. - - All of them--Gift books - But plainly I see, - Not one of them holds - The gift for me. - I want a book - That will lazily roam - Down the dear Pathway - To Folks back home. - - - - -NATURE - - - Nature is the open book - Wherein the truths of the world are found - Nature is an endless story - Of never changing glory - When you study nature your teacher is God - So always let your reference be - This Greatest of Masters. - - - - -THE LOVE CHILD - -(To B.) - - - Don Juan roamed the summer sky - A shady cloud of gray - But this dull attire - Hid a heart of fire - In quest of romance stray. - - -Vision - - A lovely golden sunbeam - Shining from above - Came radiant by - And caught the eye - Of this vagabond of love. - - -Delusion - - In wild tempestuous wooing - He kissed her heart away - All in a jest - It was the quest - Of the cloud on a summer’s day. - - -Conclusion - - Through tears the sunbeam glimmered - Then happily she smiled - The tempest passed - Alone at last - With a little rainbow child. - - - - - Dawn runs in a crimson streak - Across a leaden sky-- - Just like a pulsing vein of life - An artery of love not strife - And it livens the heavens high. - - So in our sky today it seems, - No sign of life we see. - Do we not know, - Night’s bound to go, - Dawn follows instantly. - - - - - If it were not for the showers, where - would the rainbows be? - - - - -HEART FLOWER - - - O lovely rose - Within whose chalice lies - The heart of my true love, - Did not the gods in benediction stoop - To bless thee from above? - And place within thy roseate lips - The rubies counterpart. - I found it there - A jewel rare - The flower of thy heart. - - - - -YOU - - -Your Eyes - - Your Eyes, - Mystic pools - Of beauteous light. - Golden brown - In color - Deep, - Yet, amber clear. - Unshadowed - By a frown, - Fathomless, - Wherein - My senses - Drown. - Your Eyes. - - -Your Lips - - Your Lips, - Twin silken petals - Of a dewy rose. - Altar - Of the heart - Where love - Kindling desire - Worships unafraid. - Crucible - Of - Passion. - The rose in masquerade. - Your Lips. - - -Your Kiss - - Your Kiss, - A flame - Of Passion’s fire - The sensitive Seal - Of Love - In the desire, - The fragrance - Of your Caress; - Alas, - At times - I find - Exquisite bitterness - In - Your Kiss. - - - - -DAY DREAMS - -(To The Friend) - - - _Yesterday_--in contemplation - We dreamed of love to be, - And in the dreaming, - Wove a tapestry of Love. - - _Today_--We dream our dream awake; - Realization, - Coloring our Romance - With all the glory - Of a flaming Rose. - - _Tomorrow_--What awakening lies before us: - Our tapestry - In shreds perchance, - Or mellowed--glorified - By love’s reflection? - I wonder-- - - - - -SUSPICION - - - There crossed the path - Of my dream of you - A gossamer web of gray, - So soft its sheen, - Almost unseen, - But it stopped me - On my way. - - Like a cold, gray granite battlement - It walled me all about, - For a cruel steel, - Was in the feel - Of the silken web of doubt. - - - - -THE SAGE - -(To M.) - - - O Gladness shining bravely - From out the eyes of youth, - Be strong in your belief of good, - Of valor and of truth. - For soon enough, - Too soon enough-- - The gladdest light meets doubt, - Then flickers, flutters, just a bit, - But, doesn’t quite go out. - - O Sadness peering divinely - From out the eyes of age, - Be strong in your belief of good. - To youth--still be the sage. - For soon enough, - Too soon enough, - The saddest light in doubt, - Flickers, flutters, flickers, - And finally goes out. - - - - -MORPHIA - - - I am The Ingrate Morphia, - You hold the brimming cup of your Life - To me, athirst am I, - And drink my fill - Of strength, until - The cup is drained dry. - - Then, satisfied, I care no more. - The cup, I cast away, - Crunch ’neath my heel. - Its doom I seal, - As I walk on my way. - - - - -DOMINO - - - Passion’s cloak, - An ashy thing to wear, - Covering the shroud of love - That once was fair. - - What gruesome imagery - Does this convey to me. - Grim death--itself no ghastlier a thing than this - Could ever be. - - - - -THE SPHINX - -(To B. H.) - - - O Sphinx--a monument to man! - Built by his hands of clay, - You symbolize the power of might - Used in an earthy way. - Yesteryear, you stood for man’s symbolic strength sublime, - Today, you all but buried are - Beneath the sands of time. - - O Wondrous mountain--living Sphinx! - Built by the hand of God, - You symbolize the power of Love - Used with the lowly sod. - Yesteryear, a symbol of divinity sublime, - Today, you lift your rugged head - Untouched by hands of time. - - O Sphinx--a monument to man! - Built by his hand of clay, - You symbolize the power of might - Used in an earthy way. - Yesterday, you in grandeur stood alone. - Today, you’re mingling with the sand - A rotting mass of stone. - - O Wondrous mountain--living Sphinx! - Built by the hand of God, - You symbolize the power of Love - Used with the lowly sod, - E’er yesterday, you stood a monument of Love, - Today unchanged, your glorious face, - In worship turned above. - - - - -STRADIVARIUS - -(To Jascha Heifetz) - - - If power were only given me, - To paint the tone picture that arises from the soul - Of that sanctuary of sound--your violin, - Where would I find pigment worthy of such a use, - Save in the fleeting splendour of some sky. - Where a brush--save in a snowy feather - From the shining wing of an archangel. - Where the canvas--save across the dream memory of one who heard - And was blessed by the hearing. - - - - -EXTRAVAGANZA - - -Extravaganza! The very word is vulgar. Still vulgarity is necessary to -development, for even a weed growing in a swamp can sometimes be -cultivated into a hot house plant. Take an orchid not under its own -surroundings, but dress it by putting it in a proper receptacle, and -what a difference! But, outside of beauty what have you? If we could -only combine the beauty of an orchid with the soul of a weed we would -get an improvement in the orchid, for real weeds are grateful enough to -spring up between cobblestones, even to be trampled upon. - -Rather be a blade of grass that knows the heart beats of Mother Earth, -than the potted plant which is pampered and only restored to a semblance -of life. - - - - -MIRAGE - - - Happiness--you wait for us - Just beyond, - Just beyond. - - We know not where, - Nor how we shall find you. - We only know you are - Waiting, waiting, - Just beyond. - - - - -GLORIFICATION - -(To W. W.) - - - The arms of the earth broke through the sod - And clenched his fist in derision, - For clay knows not the might of God, - It has but earthy vision. - - The finger of God wrote in the sky - A sign of mighty fire: - “Reach up to me for I am Life” - But earth could reach no higher. - - With strength of muscle, with might and main, - Earth struggled and then defied, - But God stretched forth His hand of Love - And Earth was glorified. - - - - -REMEMBRANCE - -(To M. O.) - - - An infant memory, - A tiny fragile thing, - Called into being - By the brush of a colored wing - Across the canvas - Of my tired mind. - It grows, - A lovely picture of the past - I find, - You! Grown to fullest stature - Of the perfect soul, - The tiny sheltered memory - Has reached at last - Its goal. - - - - -THREE GENERATIONS OF KISSES - -(To M. K.) - - - A Mother’s kisses - Are blessed with love - Straight from the heart - Of Heaven above. - Love’s Benediction, - Her dear caress, - The sum of all our happiness. - - Till we kiss the lips - Of the mate of our soul - We never know Love - Has reached its goal. - Caress divine, - You reign until - A baby’s kiss seems sweeter still. - - That beloved blossom - A baby’s face - Seems to be - Love’s resting place. - And a million kisses - Tenderly - Linger there in ecstacy. - - Were I told to select - Just one kiss a day; - Oh! What a puzzle - I would say. - Still a baby’s kiss - I’d choose, you see, - For in that wise choice - I’d gain ALL Three. - - - - -A BABY’S SKIN - - - Texture of a butterfly’s wing, - Colored like a dawned rose, - Whose perfume is the breath of God. - Such is the web wherein is held - The treasure of the treasure chest - The priceless gift--the Child of Love. - - - - -GRATITUDE - -(To A. T.) - - - The oleander blooms for me, - In dawning splendrous beauty, - I planted it so tenderly, - And love has done its duty. - - All in a garden of the earth, - All in a plot of ground, - Wherein I found no bit of worth, - The seed I planted in the ground. - - O Tiny seed almost unworthy - To be cherished for thy looks, - But deep within the heart of you - Was wisdom never found in books. - - You are the spirit of the good, - The joy, the beauty of all things, - You are the melody of life--the song - That Mother Nature sings. - - And so to that sweet lullaby - You, in your perfumed cradle, rest - Safe in the arms of Mother Earth, - Held closely to her loving breast. - - Until one happy wondrous day - When love so tenderly drew nigh, - Lifted your tiny hand of green - And turned your face toward the sky. - - The oleander blooms for me, - In dawning splendrous beauty, - I planted it so tenderly - And love has done its duty. - - - - -SHADOWS - - - Shadows--gray symbol of a broken faith. - We cling to hope--in hope we find - The symbol of a broken heart. - Shadows--gray bleak gossamer web - Of what once was woven ’round my heart. - We slink within thy domain--the land of shadows. - For still we hope. - But knowing always, that a broken faith can never be restored - To more than it was--a Shadow. - - - - -ACCUSATION - - - Out of a shadowed corner - Comes a phantom of the past, - To confuse me - And accuse me - For a vain iconoclast. - To chide me - And deride me - In a seething scornful blast. - To cheat me - And defeat me, - Conscience, crucifies at last. - - - - -EVEN SONG - - - I sing a song to the sapphire sky - That curtains a sleeping earth. - I sing a song to the stars on high - That mark a jewel’s worth. - - My feeble voice, so weak it sounds, - A puny earthy cry, - Yet when its echo comes to me, - Angelic voice in harmony, - I know it is not I. - - It was belief that gave it wing, - That weakling voice of mine, - And carried it where angels sing - God’s Melody Divine. - - - - -GYPSIES - -(To R. B.) - - - Little gypsies of the city, - Little sparrows--more’s the pity, - Homeless, heedless of the weather, - Happy, banding all together, - Never giving thought to trouble, - Never seeing evil double, - Would that we who proudly mention - Every honorable intention - To the world with trumpet blaring, - Could, like sparrows, take uncaring - All the little earthly struggles, - Cast them gypsy-like aside - And fly happily, and gladly - All about earth’s countryside. - - -Why do the birds chant the psalm of glory? - -Only because they alone are free throated and unafraid. Do they realize -the danger in the sling-shot of civilization? No--they are only -conscious of the Joy within. - - - - - Why sing of Joy-- - If Joy is to be unheard. - Why sing of Faith, - If Faith is to be barred. - For all that is good - Is forever alive, - And all that is bad - Is dead before it be born. - - - - -THE CARRIER - -(To J. K.) - - - A poor little messenger clad in gray, - Sent as a go-between--they say. - Took a betrayal under its wing - And guarded and cherished the slimy thing. - - We speak of Glory, and Trust, and Men, - But that is all forgotten when - We send this softly feathered bird - With messages best left unheard. - - Oh! What a mockery ’cross the sky - The dove is sent to act as spy. - - - - -THE SCHOOL OF LIFE - -(To M) - - -Lives are classes--we are pupils with excellent teachers. Experience -should tutor us, but we so often shirk school. School can be made happy -and we delight in making a higher grade--but through not heeding -Experience’s teaching we often are left back in the old class, and -sometimes, sad to relate, are put several grades lower. - -But, happily, there is always the opportunity of skipping many grades -upward. It’s a poor rule that doesn’t work both ways. - -The Mind is the Grade we work in. We can have majestic thoughts, living -in a hermit’s hut, or we can think as a swine in a palace on a throne of -gold--let us choose our station--kingly children, or swineherds. -Eternity is the Empire. - - - - -THE WANTON - - - To love, save that which mockery was, - No heart, save that of stone. - A multitude forever hers, - Alas--not one--alone! - - Cradled in the arms of many, - Not where to lay her weary head. - Fortune smiled--held out her hand - And struck the wanton dead. - - - - -SLAVERY - -(To E. A. P.) - - - Love - I am a slave, - Yet free as birds above, - Sold into bondage - By the tender kiss of love. - - Lust - I am a slave - In the rat trap of disgust, - Sold into bondage - By the lurid kiss of lust. - - Hate - I am a slave - Prisoned by the walls of fate, - Sold into bondage - By the cruel kiss of hate. - - Crime - I am a slave - Behind the bars of time, - Sold into bondage - By the leprous kiss of crime. - - Death - I am a slave - No longer in my breath, - Given sight of freedom - Through the graciousness of death. - - Still am I a slave - In the hand of destiny, - Thought alone enslaved me - And thought alone can free. - - - - -WITHIN A WALL - - - Once in a time when skies were gray - I chanced to walk in a cloistered way, - I saw the ones who closed the door - On all the world had spread before. - Their eyes--that were closed to the joy of good, - They thought the God’s law they understood. - O Pity, Pity, for such as they - Who only look on skies of gray, - From cloistered windows sad of eye, - When all about is glorious sky. - It was but the tiny patch of gray, - The shadowed thing that happened to play - Behind the back of the glorious earth. - Alas, they thought it was all the worth - Of the whole wide world, the glorious world. - But the folded wings were not unfurled - And closed to use they lost the call, - And so they lost to them their all. - - - - -THE CHALICE - -(To E. H.) - - - The chalice of a lily cup - Is indeed the sacrament - That Mother Nature uses - When she communes with God. - - - - -SOLICITUDE - - - On the sands of a happy shore, - Walked two lovers, hand in hand, - Leaving all that’s gone before. - They mark each footstep in the sand, - Knowing well that every foot print - Will be trod by their own blood, - Therefore, let each couple ponder - O’er their footsteps - For future good. - - -(To D. K.) - - Man is the word of the story, - Woman is the inspiration, - God is the book that binds, - None other can be what is now the finished book. - - - - -YOU - - - You are the History of Love and its Justification. - The Symbol of Devotion. - The Blessedness of Womanhood. - The Incentive of Chivalry. - The Reality of Ideals. - The Verity of Joy. - Idolatry’s Defense. - The Proof of Goodness. - The Power of Gentleness. - Beauty’s Acknowledgment. - Vanity’s Excuse. - The Promise of Truth. - The Melody of Life. - The Caress of Romance. - The Dream of Desire. - The Sympathy of Understanding. - My Heart’s Home. - The Proof of Faith. - Sanctuary of my Soul. - My Belief of Heaven. - Eternity of all Happiness. - My Prayers. - You. - - - - -AT SUNRISE TOMORROW - -(To E. B.) - - - O Love, when you leave me do not say: - “Tomorrow we meet at twilight” - For that is the time of the darkening hour, - The ending of the day. - All is glowing, gleaming in our love, - All is pulsing, breathing in the light - Of understanding--it is not symbolic of twilight, - Nor yet of dawning, for it has reached the zenith of love’s day. - So when you leave me, dearest, do not say: - “Tomorrow we meet at twilight.” - Rather, beloved of my heart, - “We meet at sunshine tomorrow.” - - - - -POVERTY - - - Possessing the jewels of the earth, - Holding within my grasp the sceptre of the universe, - All these would but make me more the pauper-- - Were I beggared of your love. - - - - -CREMATION - -(To G. S.) - - -I - - Just a packet of letters tied with a bit of blue, - Just a packet of letters that once were sent by you - To one who proved unworthy - Of the Love inscribed within. - The tiny packet of letters, a witness of my sin. - - -II - - Just a packet of letters, but they are not mine own. - I dare not claim one thought in them - Not even as a loan, - For to the one you thought I was - In all sincerity - You bared the secrets of your soul. - Now I send them back to thee. - - -III - - Just a packet of letters - A monument of love. - You lie within the fireplace, - In smoke you’ll rise above - The sordidness of all deceit, - The grime of earthly thought, - Yet, in this flash of living fire, - The flame of love is caught. - - -IV - - Just a packet of letters a while ago you were, - Now in vaprous symphony of gray - I send you back to her, - For the spirit of true love that’s penned, - Must rise to meet her soul - In pearly glory ’round her head. - Love’s halo--is its goal. - - * * * * * - -To rake over the dead ashes of a burnt out love one must use the pen -point of poetry. - - - - -THE LUTE - - - The lute, a barrier to song of soul. - For none save God - Can music charm - From out a thing man-made. - A bowl of wood, - A string or two to arm - The troubadour with weapon strong. - - - - -POWERLESS - - - When I see a look of sadness, - In the eyes of You, - Thoughts of grief akin to madness - Surge my being through. - - Am I then so weak and helpless, - That I can not send - Even shadowings of sorrows - To their deserved end. - - - - - - Garden of delight wherein the jewels of earth do lie! - Tell me, in your vault of gold, will the flowers ever die? - Nothing of so fair a mien could return to earthly dust. - Even if the earth do say, “It is finished,” trust we must - In the God who tells of light that will lift to Heaven above - Every perfumed flower that blows symphonies on wings of love. - - - - -CAP AND BELLS - -(To F.) - - - In Life’s masquerade the disguises are many: - Here’s a man masquerading as Wealth, - Wears a million of gold, - But a pauper, I’m told, - He hasn’t a penny of health. - - Here comes a Beggar, in tatters and rags, - Masking as Poverty old. - He may look the part, - But the wealth in his heart, - Makes him richer than Croesus in gold. - - The costumes are varied disguises beguiling - That cover the true man beneath - One wears learned looks, - That he’s borrowed from books - And a co-operative laurel wreath. - - And still another pretending a clown, - In make-up the silliest Fool, - But his knowledge of men, - Is beyond the ken - Of a sage of the orthodox school. - - There are millions of others in Life’s Motley Masque - Who follow the art of mime. - They mimic and play - At mockery today, - But they never fool Old Father Time. - - - - -PATCHWORK QUILT - - - A Patchwork Quilt, - Industrious name. - Once it was not quite the same. - A different fame, - A “Crazy Quilt,” - Same foolish dame - Entitled you. - It was sorry fame. - Life is like that, - We do not see - How little bits - Make harmony-- - It’s up to man to take each bit - Of happiness and make it fit. - But if he takes and doesn’t dwell - Upon the pattern--Well, it’s Hell! - A crazy quilt the name’s O. K. - But start a patchwork quilt today. - - - - -(To A. M.) - - -The sky is the mirror that reflects all phases of Life. The clouds of -Doubt bring showers, but there is always the “Silver Lining” promise. - - * * * * * - -_Moral_: If the sky is the limit better fix it clear in your mind to -begin with. - - - - -THE PHILOSOPHY OF A PESSIMIST - - - I do not care for money made easily, - It is not lasting--I know. - I do not care for friends made easily, - They are not lasting--I know. - I do not care for anything that comes easily, - It never lasts--I know. - But I fell in love with you easily, - But, not lastingly--I know. - - - - -GEMS OF THOUGHT - - - Diamonds--Scintillating wit of sharpest ray - - Emeralds--Philosophy, growth in words today - - Pearls--Are the hymns of pity - - Sapphires--Songs of the skies - - Rubies--Are poems of passion - And love that never dies. - - - - -(To C. F.) - - -The curtain is raised on the first act--the overture is over. We can -play our parts. They say life’s a stage, but what a sad thing we have so -few good stage managers. Our productions have more in the way of Costume -and lack, so often, the right lines. Lines do count, not always words, -but sympathy of thought is quite as necessary. - - - - -SYMPATHY - -(To J.) - - -Sympathy is just as essential to the world as any other great attribute -of good, but it must be sympathy in the right place. - -Sympathy of thought has been the greatest lever in the machinery of -mankind, but to sympathize with a weak nature sometimes breaks up his -foundation. Know your subject. - -Never withhold sympathy in loving one, but rather than sympathy, use -encouragement as a tonic to tone up a weakling. - -Kindly sympathetic interest is only another name for encouragement. - -Never take away a prop without putting a stronger one in its place. - - - - -On a stretch of sandy beach I see naught of human presence, but upon -looking closer, a remembrance of the past. I sit upon a rock and -meditate upon what once was. I see myself in all the splendor of my -youth. I see my boon companion--Hope, and one other one, whose name I’d -best forget. We walked--Hope and I--but ever the unnamed one stalked by -my side. I turned to gaze in fascination at my companion who speaks not, -but forever stalks silently beside me. I finally forget my Hope to gaze -in interest at the other. Hope, neglected, lags behind until we walk -alone--myself and the unnamed one. We walk forever, but the walk brings -us to the abyss of the world. What name has that one whose identity I -fail to know? O, Eternity, thou art my sight and knowledge. It was -Doubt, whose companion I became. - - - - -LABOR - - - On whose shoulders are the crosses held, - None can liken a laborer to him who bears the heavy-hearted thoughts. - What can I say--it is more laborious than many tasks, - Yet--’tis not task-- - For task is given to be done - And ye are the cross bearers if ye will. - - - - -WEALTH - -(To B. F. S.) - - - Treasures in the lowly casket that we call a brain, - Can jewels of the earth compare - With all that man finds hidden there? - - The wealth of knowledge, that will lead a willing soul - Into a land of untold wonder, - Where will be the lasting goal - Of every seeking thought-- - - - - -UNDERSTANDING - -(To the Brother of Maris) - - - Maris of the golden eyes, - You in all innocence - Looked upon a lovely world - In wondering shyness. - Beauty beckoned, - Then turned the corner of another day - Leaving in her stead - An unknown one, - The stranger to light. - - Maris of the saddened eyes, - In your pity, - Looking from another world - Have compassion on beauty - Who thoughtlessly turned away, - Leaving another in her place - The stranger to light. - - - - -HUNGER - - - I have journeyed toward the city - On the long, long road of Life, - I have learned how little Pity - Plays a speaking part in life. - - I have learned that only Money - Is the voice that’s heard today, - Calling for God’s milk and honey, - Even Hunger has no say. - - I have reached the city’s center - By the crooked road of Hell, - For Starvation’s been my mentor - And has taught her lesson well. - - - - -MONEY - - - Money--you Harlequin of the great masquerade of life. - You wear the dollar sign as your mask. - It may hide you--yes, for a time, - But when at last grim reality stalks into the midst of the festivities, - The mask is ruthlessly torn away, and then--is seen - The true expression hidden behind it--the cruel visage of discordant greed. - - - - -THE CHOICE - - - Words are jewels rare-- - If need be - Words are sometimes fair - You heed me, - But our choosing makes them seem - The reflection of a dream. - - Let us, therefore, - Choose in reason, - Whereby all that good is ours, - And by knowing rightful season - Pass forever--happy hours. - - - - -ITALY - -(To Caruso) - - - The earth is earth--that is its worth, - To men who walk below. - But to the soul that seeks its goal, - Each land is all they know. - One calls it Home, another Heart, another Property, - But to the one who loves the sun - He calls it Italy. - - - - -ERIN - - - The green sod is red now-- - Rebellion - The green sod is white now-- - Purity - The green sod is blue now, - With truth - And the green sod is ever green, - It is growth--none can stop natural growth - Erin--land of dreams--Awaken. - - - - -BEES - - - The air is alive with buzzing bees - The little workers of destinies. - We grasp and strive to make our way, - Each life a hive and so our day - Is fraught with honey sweet, if we - Know all is good in destiny. - - - - -(To M. T.) - - -A certain lad had a long way to go, so he sat still and waited -until--well, another lad also had a long way to go--so he hurried along -and before long he received several gifts not to be sneezed at. No, they -were not to be sneezed at, though I must say they made his eyes water a -bit. The gifts were lovely little blisters on his pedal extremities, so -he had to sit down and take care of his poor feet and in pain tarried, -looking at his poor feet. Ah, yes, our other little lad took it very -slowly, almost like the proverbial snail, but kept on the lookout and -pretty soon a nice, comfortable wagon came along, and took the slow -little boy for a nice ride, and the good little slow boy rode merrily by -the poor little fast boy, who still sat nursing his blisters. He had -really gone stepping on some little brimstones,--though he said they -were pebbles. The good little slow boy turned back and put his hand to -the poor little fast boy, but I regret to say he raised his digits to -his nose--O, world where is thy sting. - - * * * * * - -Note--This is not a moral, it is only something that happens every day -on our best trafficked roads. - - - - -IMPERIALISM - - - Oh, Mirror--most ungrateful ruler - Man has ever had. - We trembling bow to your decree, - But oh! ’Tis very sad - For all our great devotion - And concern in your behalf, - No matter how we worship you, - You just give us the laugh. - - Though we may claim democracy, - You hold us like a slave. - The tyrant ruler of the world, - From cradle to the grave. - Pa Adam’s prize Apollos - Look to you (It is to laugh) - Their reward for faithful service, - Is Methuselah’s Epitaph. - - - - -RADIO - -(To H. M.) - - - Radio of romance, - You - Broadcasting to the universe - All that is most blessed - In all things, - But to me alone - The melody of your Love - Flows through - The artery - Of time and Space, - For unity, - Can never know Division. - - - - -THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF LOVE - -Synonyms and Antonyms - - - A--Adoration--Anticipation--Affinity--Arguments. - B--Beauty--Bliss--Bitterness--Bondage. - C--Caresses--Circumstances--Confidences--Charm. - D--Desire--Delusion--Dreams--Divorce. - E--Ecstacy--Engagement--Ego--End. - F--Fascination--Forgetfulness--Flattery--Faith. - G--Gossip--Gratitude--Gift--Goodbye. - H--Happiness--Honor--Heartache--Hell. - I--Intuition--Irony--Idolatry--Integrity. - J--Jealousy--Joy--Justice--June. - K--Kisses--Keepsakes--Knowledge--Kismet. - L--Lips--Loneliness--Logic--Longing. - M--Marriage--Morality--Money--Man. - N--No--Nearest--Novelty--Never. - O--Opposition--Own--Offering--Opulence. - P--Passion--Promise--Pride--Proposal. - Q--Quality--Quest--Queries--Quarrels. - R--Romance--Reveries--Realization--Remembrance. - S--Sympathy--Sacrifice--Shame--Settlement. - T--Thoughts--Truth--Temper--Tears. - U--Unkindness--Understanding--Uncertainty--Unfaithfulness. - V--Virtue--Vanity--Vows--Vengeance. - W--Wisdom--Wishes--Wedlock--Woman. - X--The Unknown--Love. - Y--Youth--Yearning--Yes--Yawn. - Z--Zenith--Zest--Zeal--Zero. - - - - -MEMORIAL - -(To A. S. R.) - - - A Saint in a stained glass window, - To the memory of one - Who “lived the life,” - In sin and strife, - Is the epitome of fun. - - A bit of colored crockery, - A picture wrought in glass, - His memory’s mockery - ’Tis best to let it pass. - - A Saint in a stained glass window, - A blest memorial true, - When it reflects the beauty of - The memory of you. - - - - -DUST TO DUST - - -I take a bone--I gaze at it in wonder--You, O bit of strength that was. -In you today I see the whited sepulchre of nothingness--but you were the -shaft that held the wagon of Life. Your strength held together the -vehicle of Man until God called and the Soul answered. - - - - -LULLABY TREE - - - Cradle a thought on a bough of a tree, - Where it will swing so lazily, - Where it will gather to its heart - All in Nature’s lovely mart. - For every lovely living thing - Stops to talk by a tree and sing, - Of what has gone on that very day - In fields and forests far away. - - If little thoughts hear happily - All that’s said about a tree, - They’ll grow to be so wise and true, - They’ll come back to the heart of you - Much stronger, grown in beauty free, - Because their cradle was a tree. - - - - -ADAGE - - - Happy childhood knows no sting - That the age of stealth doth bring. - Stealing hours from the day - Takes the joys of strength away. - Stealing hours from the Night - Taking all--for rest is Might. - When we steal away a Trust, - Nothing ever can we give - Back to him and so we must - Never Steal, but Give to Live. - - - - -FAITHFULNESS - -(To Our Little Friend--The Dog) - - -A dog is the nearest approach to the sweet submissive spirit God would -have in us, Faithfulness in the highest form. He only is faithful -because he believes in you, as God would have us believe in Him. - - - - -REFLECTIONS AT RANDOM - -(To A. T.) - - - Sing a song to the moon - Or sing a song to the sun - But just as long as you sing a song - Your day or night is well begun. - - Woman, the unreasonable Reason for the Great Reason, which the - sages call Life--Others not so knowing call it Love. - - Faith--The Engagement--repartee of Love. Hope--Marriage--maybe its - reply, but Charity--Divorce--is the retort courteous. - - The wedding march or two-step, I should say, is only too often the - lock-step. - - Punishment is seldom unmerited, though we may not always see the - cause. - - It is unwise to doubt others when you are not sure of yourself. - - Scientists are fools in some respects, I mean the so-called ones, - for they ignore the science of all important things. - - Friend is symbolical of Heaven, but some play Hell with it. - - Fun is a healthy disease and is very contagious. - - “May I intrude” is often substituted for “Do I intrude"--bores are - not connoisseurs in the selection of verbs. - - Make the best of what comes, for the best is coming. - - The Great Divide is the division of thought which separates the - Wise from the Fools. - - Whatever has in it the element of restlessness is like the poison - ivy plant; it causes rash and spasmodic movements, and after all - the scratching the victim is worse off than before. - - Worlds, and Worlds to live in, and so few do. - - Care is helpful if we carefully care, but when we carelessly care, - be careful. - - Gossip--never related in the same way. - - When you eat hash you do not always recognize the different kinds - of meat in it, do you? So it is with Twice Told Tales. - - We always prefer the most difficult way. It seems so much more - important, but once we realize it, truth is always simplest when it - is Truth. - - It takes a hero to accuse no one, but take another’s accusation to - his heart. - - Love’s greatest expression is Service. - - Eyes are living windows. - - Into the garden we all go, but most are looking for the worm in the - bud and never see the promise of the flower. - - ART the very mockery of it - In a painted mask we sometimes call a face, - Alas, that pigment be so badly used - And artistry brought to much sad disgrace. - - Take freedom but take care lest it take your liberty from you. - - To be a humorist one must be concise, witty, but short-lived, - for the good die young. - - Cleverness--word most useful to the Bard - Who finds his pathway all beset with doubt, - For if we find his hidden meanings hard, - We call him “clever"--then he knows what we’re about. - - Publicity is the keystone in the Arch of Triumph. - - Money--pretender to the throne of all we most desire. - - Doubt is the opposing influence of our lives. - - Happiness, some never know as a lasting friend, but only as a - bowing acquaintance. - - Wifehood is a profession, but Womanhood is the Expression. - - Faith is the oasis in our Desert of Lost Hope. - - Given a chance to run in the Great Race, even a weakling can win if - he wears the Armor of Courage. - - Purpose in doing is the cornerstone of success. - - Did anything ever build itself over night that was worthy the name - Great Structure? - - Loving service is more helpful than scholarly advice. - - Friend--Most lovely word, akin to love, its dearest relation--might - I say. - - We dream of Greatness in humility, only to awaken to the greatness - of Humility. - - - - -CO-OPERATION - - - O Just and Mighty Army of the World of Living Things - March on into the open heart of Man, - He needs a touch of nature with the sympathy it brings - In order to work out Life’s Perfect Plan. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAY DREAMS *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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