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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WISHES, by WALT MASON Poet's Biography
First Line: If wishes were motors, the beggars would
Last Line: Busy they'll likely come true.
Subject(s): Wishes
First Line: If wishes were motors, the beggars would
Last Line: Busy they'll likely come true.
Subject(s): Wishes
IF wishes were motors, the beggars would ride, and throw on us voters the dust,
in their pride. But wishes won't carry a man to his goal, and beggars must tarry
down there in the hole. "I wish," sighs the ditcher, the creature of brawn,
"that I was some richer than Andy or John. But Fortune is spurning a poor,
honest jay, and I'll go on earning a dollar a day." If he had quit wishing and
dreaming his dream, and spent some time fishing in Knowledge's stream; if he'd
made endeavor to master some trade, he would not forever be wielding a spade; he
would not be sweating in gumbo and clay, intent upon getting his dollar a day.
If wishes were horses the beggars would ride, but down where remorse is the
beggars abide. A wish is a daisy when backed up by toil, but if you are lazy
your wishes will spoil. Your wishes are dizzy if idly they grew, but if you get
busy they'll likely come true.
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