Thomas Bailey Aldrich

1836-1907

 

Pessimist And Optimist

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile,
Taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath:
This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while
Laughs in the teeth of Death.

Source:

Flower And Thorn: Later Poems
Copyright 1876
James R. Osgood And Company, Boston