Excerpt from Lines Long and Short: Biographical Sketches in Various Rhythms

Tobias Holt, Bachelor

At twenty
Holt seemed like other chaps
In his own set and circle:
He waltzed and redowa'd,
Was handy-brisk at picnics,
Took all the girls on buggy-rides,
Ushered at weddings -
In short, was generally popular.

At twenty-eight,
Though long regarded as a "catch, "
He was still single,
Had ushered all his chums and pals
Into the married state,
But stopped outside himself.
Some said he had no enterprise, no spunk,
Others thought he could see no individual girl
Among the crowd, - the forest hid the trees,
And others still declared
That what he really preferred to be
Was Little Brother to the Whole Wide World.

This last guess was nearest of the three,
Holt was simply - kind.
His little "life ideal" was just this:
To be in pleasant, comfortable circumstances himself

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