Foliage: Various Poems

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0030" id="link2H_4_0030"> </SPAN></p> <br/> <h2> LIFE IS JOLLY </h2> <p>This life is jolly, O!<br/> I envy no man's lot;<br/> My eyes can much admire,<br/> And still my heart crave not;<br/> There's no true joy in gold,<br/> It breeds desire for more;<br/> Whatever wealth man has,<br/> Desire can keep him poor.<br/> <br/> This life is jolly, O!<br/> Power has his fawning slaves,<br/> But if he rests his mind,<br/> Those wretches turn bold knaves.<br/> Fame's field is full of flowers,<br/> It dazzles as we pass,<br/> But men who walk that field<br/> Starve for the common grass.<br/> <br/> This life is jolly, O!<br/> Let others know they die,<br/> Enough to know I live,<br/> And make no question why;<br/> I care not whence I came,<br/> Nor whither I shall go;<br/> Let others think of these&mdash;<br/> This life is jolly, O!<br/></p> <p><br/><br/></p> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />