THE DEAD 'UN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 224, 21 September 1907, Page 3

THE DEAD 'UN.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, " TViio never to himself has said: '■ My trade of late is getting bad, I'll try another ten-inch ad. ' If there be, go mark him well; For Mm no bank account shall swell, No angels watch the golden stair To .welcome home the millionaire. ; The man who never asks for trade By local line or ad. displayed, • Cares more for rest than worldly^ gam, And patronage but gives him pain. - 'Tread lightly friendsj let no rude sound Disturb his solitude profound; Here let him live in calm repose, Unsought except by men he owes. And when he dies, go plant him deep, "-That nought may break his dreamless sleep, t i ■ "Where no rude clamour may dispel 1 The quiet that he loved so well. And that the world may know its loss, Place on his grave a wreath of moss, And on a stone above, " Here lies A fossil who did not advertise. —M. L. Carey, in The Sportsman.