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.

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PATCHWORK QUILT

A Patchwork Quilt,

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