O,
you high-up ones, you who roost
On fame’s broad ridgeboard high,
You
who have got your bald old heads
In fame’s alluring sky,
Don‘t look so grouchy at the
cub
Down on the lower rung;
Once you were but an
amateur,
Once you were green and young.
You do not need to hold
him by
His ill-fit pantaloons;
You do not need to buoy
him
From countless suns and moons,
But don’t discourage him
for aye,
He’s human and he’s true;
Give him a show to climb,
and let
Him perch beside of you.
Aug.
3, 09
Ridgeboard - the horizontal timber or member at the top of aroof, to which the upper ends of the rafters are fastened.
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