University of Virginia Library


359

ASPIRATION

No man can truthfully say that he would not like to be President.—

William C. Whitney.

Lo! the wild rabbit, happy in the pride
Of qualities to meaner beasts denied,
Surveys the ass with reverence and fear,
Adoring his superior length of ear,
And says: “No living creature, lean or fat,
But wishes in his heart to be like That!”