The Rich Young Man

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

O RICH young man, if thou hadst known
What vast possessions were thine own,
What undimmed pearls, how wide and grand
The mansions in thy Father's land;
If thou couldst but have glimpsed what store
Of wealth was thine forevermore,
What robes of beauty, and the bliss
Of losing all and gaining this;
How eagerly thou wouldst have sold
Jewels and pomp and pride and gold.