by Henry Watterson
_Illustrated_
[Illustration: Henry Watterson (About 1908)]
To My Friend
Alexander Konta
With Affectionate Salutation
“Mansfield,”
1919
A mound of earth a little higher graded:
Perhaps upon a stone a chiselled name:
A dab of printer’s ink soon blurred and faded—
And then oblivion—that—that is fame!
—Henry Watterson