Franklin P. Adams - Office Mottoes lyrics

Motto heartening, inspiring, Framed above my pretty *desk, Never Shelley, Keats, or Byring* Penned a phrase so picturesque! But in me no inspiration Rides my low and prosy brow- All I think of is vacation When I see that lucubration: DO IT NOW When I see another sentence Framed upon a brother's wall, Resolution and repentance Do not flood o'er me at all As I read that nugatory Counsel written years ago, Only when one comes to borry[Footnote: Entered under the Pure License of 1906.] Do I heed that ancient story: TELL HIM NO Mottoes flat and mottoes silly, Proverbs void of point or wit, 'KEEP A-PLUGGIN' WHEN IT'S HILLY!' 'LIFE'S A TIGER: CONQUER IT!' Office mottoes make me weary And of all the bromide bunch There is only one I seri- Ously like, and that's the cheery: GONE TO LUNCH