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The complete poetical works of John Hay
including many poems now first collected
Hay, John (1838-1905)
THE PIKE COUNTY BALLADS
WANDERLIEDER
NEW AND OLD
UNCOLLECTED PIECES
NARRATIVE POEMS
SONNETS
SONGS AND LYRICS
VESPERS
TO THE VESPER SPARROW
THY WILL BE DONE
EROS EPHEMERIS
IS SHE HERE?
MATINS
SWEETEST AND DEAREST
REVEILLE
TWO ON THE TERRACE
“RHYMES”
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The complete poetical works of John Hay
[XV
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table]
True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table:
Luckiest he who knows just when to rise and go home.
The complete poetical works of John Hay