Mr. Meant-To
Mr. Meant-To had a comrade,
And his name is Didn’t-Do.
Have you ever chanced to meet them?
Did they ever call on you?
These two fellows lived together
In the house of Never-win,
And I’m told it’s haunted - haunted
By the ghost of Might-have-been.
By Susie M. Best: as published in W. Burton Ellis: “Bay State Magazine” (1914), Volume 1, page 157; a publication from Massachusetts, United States of America
Susie Montgomery Best was born in 1862 near Dublin, Ireland. She became a teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, as well as a writer and a poet, with more than 2,000 poems to her credit. She is known as the author of “The Fallen Pillar Saint” (1890), among other books.
Mr. Meant-To had a comrade,
And his name is Didn’t-Do.
Have you ever chanced to meet them?
Did they ever call on you?
These two fellows lived together
In the house of Never-win,
And I’m told it’s haunted - haunted
By the ghost of Might-have-been.
By Susie M. Best: as published in W. Burton Ellis: “Bay State Magazine” (1914), Volume 1, page 157; a publication from Massachusetts, United States of America
Susie Montgomery Best was born in 1862 near Dublin, Ireland. She became a teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, as well as a writer and a poet, with more than 2,000 poems to her credit. She is known as the author of “The Fallen Pillar Saint” (1890), among other books.
