The "why-did N't-yot?" Man

Since the world first began, tbe"Why-Did n'tYou ?" man. Tías lorever been waiting around To give, without price, countless words of aiivlce From the depths of his wisdom profound. liut whatevei you do he he win wait tlll you're through, Tlien poiut out soine wonderful plan Tliat you might have pursued to great riehes i f you'd Just asked the "Why-Dldn't-You?" man. He lias n't a cent for hls whole Mie is speot In tclliiif: lolks where tliey neri; wrong, And tliink h weallli tliey secure wlnle he yet reniains poor, Stil] he's w i 1 1 i 1 1 ui to help theni along. Plain rules he can state to get rlch while you wait, But he horrows a dime where he can, While the whole world is told how it might have had gold, By the seedy ' Why-Didu't-You?" man. Aud day after day hia one joy is to say "Why didn't vou?" this thiug or that. Deep wisdom he quotes aud our errors he notes As he gleefully talks through his hat. Wlien flist he was told that this earth we behold, God look but six days to contrtve, For a moment he thought, theu this qncstlou he brought, "Why did u't he make lt in five?"