Business is Business (1)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Business is Business (1)</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <div> <I><B>"Business is Business," the little Man said,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"A battle where 'everything goes,'</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Where the only gospel is 'get ahead,'</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And never spare friends or foes,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>'Slay or be slain,' is the slogan cold,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You must struggle and slash and tear,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For Business is Business, a fight for gold,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Where all that you do is fair!"</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"Business is Business," the Big Man said,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"A battle to make of earth</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A place to yield us more wine and bread</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>More pleasure and joy and mirth;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>There are still some bandits and buccaneers</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Who are jungle-bred beasts of trade,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>But their number dwindles with passing years</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And dead is the code they made!</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"Business is Business," the Big Man said,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"But it's something that's more, far more;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>For it makes sweet gardens of deserts dead,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And cities it built now roar</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Where once the deer and the grey wolf ran</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>From the pioneer's swoft advance;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Business is Magic that toils for man</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Business is True Romance.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"And those wgo make it a ruthless fight</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Have only themselves to blame</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>If they feel no whit of the keen delight</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>In playing the Bigger Game,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The game that calls on the heart and head,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The best of man's strength and nerve;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"Business is Business," the Big Man said,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"And that Business is to serve!"</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>(Note: there appear to be two poems with this same title)</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>---</I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>