Nothing To Lose

A phi!ogopl:er tolls me ihai i'rcefromall care Is the man wbo is pounuloss, homeless, nnd bare, TJnbound by the lies of relation or friend, No position to hod and noriRlitsto defena; IVom our coinmon anxibiics belng thua fieed, llavlng uoihinff to lose, ho is liappy indeed. Ho may wander at easo tbrough the busiest With a emiièatthocare-worrled crowd that he moets. And in ihi ug-tit, on hls neighbor s posscssions Whüe no w'orrles perplex him, no troubles nssall; Of all doubtsnnd dopression his mind must be clear - Uavinir nothins to lose, ho baí notbinar to Icar. I havo pondered a whilo on tho wordg of my , frene), At a loss to pcrcoiTO whero thelr meanmgr mlght tond. For I wonderod in truth how the man could be bleft Wlio wbs minua the gifts of which all aro in quest. Hut 1 1 last to my íull comprohcnslon 'tis Eliown That he spoaks not of worldly possossions alone. l"or 'tlsso wi(h our hearts, whon life's summer Is pnst. And the ways of the world aro coníormed to ni at; Then fecipro in the wisdom so hardly aoqulrect, Wo ciui pligutingiy Epcak of the gifts onoede fired. And uiili judfrment grown riper, most eensi1 ly cnooe, For whuio'cr we may gain, vre have nothlng to lose.