1122. So Wags the World by Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1122. So Wags the World

By Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz


MEMORY cannot linger long,
Joy must die the death.
Hope’s like a little silver song
Fading in a breath.
So wags the weary world away	5
Forever and a day.

But love, that sweetest madness,
Leaps and grows in toil and sadness,
Makes unseeing eyes to see,
And heapeth wealth in penury.	10
So wags the good old world away
Forever and a day.