 | Poems by William Wetmore Story |  |
[XV. The East for sweet luxurious ease and rest]
The East for sweet luxurious ease and rest—
For toil, and pain, and struggle is the West.
For toil, and pain, and struggle is the West.
The calm siesta, pipe, and soft divan
With mild sensations, are for Eastern man.
With mild sensations, are for Eastern man.
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The fierce debate, the strife for place and power,
The brain and nerve life, is our Western dower.
The brain and nerve life, is our Western dower.
With all our rush and toil we scarcely move,
And lose the truest joy of living—love!
And lose the truest joy of living—love!
| Poems by William Wetmore Story | |