A Little More by W. S. Foote

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Apr 18, 1865

A Little More.

By W. S. Foote

BRO. WHITE: I send you the following, clipped from an old paper, thinking that it may be worthy of a place in the Review; and if the reader thinks that it refers to his neighbor, he is mistaken. W. S. FOOTE.

(At Thirty.) Five hundred dollars, I have saved— A rather moderate store— No matter: I shall be content When I've a little more.

(At Forty.) Well I can count ten thousand now,— That's better than before; And I may well be satisfied, When I've a little more.

(At Fifty.) Some fifty thousand—pretty well— But I have earned it sore, However I shall not complain When I've a little more.

(At Sixty.) One hundred thousand—sick and old— Ah! life is but a bore; Yet I can be content to live When I've a little more.

(At Seventy.) He dies—and to his greedy heirs He leaves a countless store; His wealth has purchased him a tomb— And very little more.