| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | The Whole Story | | By J. F. Bowman |
| | | WHEN Jones was sixteen, he was bent | |
| On one day being President. | |
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| At twenty-five, Jones thought that he | |
| Content as District Judge would be. | |
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| At thirty, he was much elated | 5 |
| When Mayor of Frogtown nominated. | |
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| But bootless all the nomination— | |
| His rival Tompkins graced the station. | |
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| At forty-five, his dreams had fled; | |
| Hope and Ambition, both were dead. | 10 |
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| When from his toils he found release, | |
| He died—a Justice of the Peace. | |
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| O youthful heart, so high and bold, | |
| Thus is thy brief, sad story told! | | | | |
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