The Project Gutenberg eBook of Day Dreams, by Rudolph Valentino.

Published by
MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc.
New York

1923
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Copyright, 1923
BY
RUDOLPH VALENTINO

Printed
in U. S. A.
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To J. C. N. G.

MY FRIENDS HERE AND THERE

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

TO you, my gentle reader, I wish to say a foreword of warning before you peruse the contents of this book. I am not a poet nor a scholar, therefore you shall find neither poems nor prose. Just dreams—Day Dreams—a bit of romance, a bit of sentimentalism, a bit of philosophy, not studied, but acquired by constant observation of that greatest of masters!... Nature!

While lying idle, not through choice, but because forcibly kept from my preferred and actual field of activity, I took to dreams to forget the tediousness of worldly strife and the boredom of jurisprudence’s pedantic etiquette.

Happy indeed I shall be if my Day Dreams will bring you as much enjoyment in the reading as they brought to me in the writing.

THE GIFT BOOK
(To J. R.)

NATURE

THE LOVE CHILD
(To B.)

Vision

Delusion

Conclusion

HEART FLOWER

YOU

Your Eyes

Your Lips

Your Kiss

DAY DREAMS
(To The Friend)

SUSPICION

THE SAGE
(To M.)

MORPHIA

DOMINO

THE SPHINX
(To B. H.)

O Sphinx—a monument to man!
Built by his hands of clay,
You symbolize the power of might
Used in an earthy way.
Yesteryear, you stood for man’s symbolic strength sublime,
Today, you all but buried are
Beneath the sands of time.

O Wondrous mountain—living Sphinx!
Built by the hand of God,
You symbolize the power of Love
Used with the lowly sod.
Yesteryear, a symbol of divinity sublime,
Today, you lift your rugged head
Untouched by hands of time.

O Sphinx—a monument to man!
Built by his hand of clay,
You symbolize the power of might
Used in an earthy way.
Yesterday, you in grandeur stood alone.
Today, you’re mingling with the sand
A rotting mass of stone.

O Wondrous mountain—living Sphinx!
Built by the hand of God,
You symbolize the power of Love
Used with the lowly sod,
E’er yesterday, you stood a monument of Love,
Today unchanged, your glorious face,
In worship turned above.
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STRADIVARIUS
(To Jascha Heifetz)

EXTRAVAGANZA

Extravaganza! The very word is vulgar. Still vulgarity is necessary to development, for even a weed growing in a swamp can sometimes be cultivated into a hot house plant. Take an orchid not under its own surroundings, but dress it by putting it in a proper receptacle, and what a difference! But, outside of beauty what have you? If we could only combine the beauty of an orchid with the soul of a weed we would get an improvement in the orchid, for real weeds are grateful enough to spring up between cobblestones, even to be trampled upon.

Rather be a blade of grass that knows the heart beats of Mother Earth, than the potted plant which is pampered and only restored to a semblance of life.

MIRAGE

GLORIFICATION
(To W. W.)

REMEMBRANCE
(To M. O.)

THREE GENERATIONS OF KISSES
(To M. K.)

A BABY’S SKIN

GRATITUDE
(To A. T.)

The oleander blooms for me,
In dawning splendrous beauty,
I planted it so tenderly,
And love has done its duty.

All in a garden of the earth,
All in a plot of ground,
Wherein I found no bit of worth,
The seed I planted in the ground.

O Tiny seed almost unworthy
To be cherished for thy looks,
But deep within the heart of you
Was wisdom never found in books.

You are the spirit of the good,
The joy, the beauty of all things,
You are the melody of life—the song
That Mother Nature sings.

And so to that sweet lullaby
You, in your perfumed cradle, rest
Safe in the arms of Mother Earth,
Held closely to her loving breast.

Until one happy wondrous day
When love so tenderly drew nigh,
Lifted your tiny hand of green
And turned your face toward the sky.

The oleander blooms for me,
In dawning splendrous beauty,
I planted it so tenderly
And love has done its duty.
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SHADOWS

ACCUSATION

EVEN SONG

GYPSIES
(To R. B.)

Only because they alone are free throated and unafraid. Do they realize the danger in the sling-shot of civilization? No—they are only conscious of the Joy within.

THE CARRIER
(To J. K.)

THE SCHOOL OF LIFE
(To M)

Lives are classes—we are pupils with excellent teachers. Experience should tutor us, but we so often shirk school. School can be made happy and we delight in making a higher grade—but through not heeding Experience’s teaching we often are left back in the old class, and sometimes, sad to relate, are put several grades lower.

But, happily, there is always the opportunity of skipping many grades upward. It’s a poor rule that doesn’t work both ways.

The Mind is the Grade we work in. We can have majestic thoughts, living in a hermit’s hut, or we can think as a swine in a palace on a throne of gold—let us choose our station—kingly children, or swineherds. Eternity is the Empire.

THE WANTON

SLAVERY
(To E. A. P.)

WITHIN A WALL

Once in a time when skies were gray
I chanced to walk in a cloistered way,
I saw the ones who closed the door
On all the world had spread before.
Their eyes—that were closed to the joy of good,
They thought the God’s law they understood.
O Pity, Pity, for such as they
Who only look on skies of gray,
From cloistered windows sad of eye,
When all about is glorious sky.
It was but the tiny patch of gray,
The shadowed thing that happened to play
Behind the back of the glorious earth.
Alas, they thought it was all the worth
Of the whole wide world, the glorious world.
But the folded wings were not unfurled
And closed to use they lost the call,
And so they lost to them their all.
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THE CHALICE
(To E. H.)

SOLICITUDE

(To D. K.)

YOU

AT SUNRISE TOMORROW
(To E. B.)

POVERTY

CREMATION
(To G. S.)

III

To rake over the dead ashes of a burnt out love one must use the pen point of poetry.

THE LUTE

POWERLESS

CAP AND BELLS
(To F.)

In Life’s masquerade the disguises are many:
Here’s a man masquerading as Wealth,
Wears a million of gold,
But a pauper, I’m told,
He hasn’t a penny of health.

Here comes a Beggar, in tatters and rags,
Masking as Poverty old.
He may look the part,
But the wealth in his heart,
Makes him richer than Croesus in gold.

The costumes are varied disguises beguiling
That cover the true man beneath
One wears learned looks,
That he’s borrowed from books
And a co-operative laurel wreath.

And still another pretending a clown,
In make-up the silliest Fool,
But his knowledge of men,
Is beyond the ken
Of a sage of the orthodox school.

There are millions of others in Life’s Motley Masque
Who follow the art of mime.
They mimic and play
At mockery today,
But they never fool Old Father Time.
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PATCHWORK QUILT

(To A. M.)

The sky is the mirror that reflects all phases of Life. The clouds of Doubt bring showers, but there is always the “Silver Lining” promise.

Moral: If the sky is the limit better fix it clear in your mind to begin with.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF A PESSIMIST

GEMS OF THOUGHT

(To C. F.)

The curtain is raised on the first act—the overture is over. We can play our parts. They say life’s a stage, but what a sad thing we have so few good stage managers. Our productions have more in the way of Costume and lack, so often, the right lines. Lines do count, not always words, but sympathy of thought is quite as necessary.

SYMPATHY
(To J.)

Sympathy is just as essential to the world as any other great attribute of good, but it must be sympathy in the right place.

Sympathy of thought has been the greatest lever in the machinery of mankind, but to sympathize with a weak nature sometimes breaks up his foundation. Know your subject.

Never withhold sympathy in loving one, but rather than sympathy, use encouragement as a tonic to tone up a weakling.

On a stretch of sandy beach I see naught of human presence, but upon looking closer, a remembrance of the past. I sit upon a rock and meditate upon what once was. I see myself in all the splendor of my youth. I see my boon companion—Hope, and one other one, whose name I’d best forget. We walked—Hope and I—but ever the unnamed one stalked by my side. I turned to gaze in fascination at my companion who speaks not, but forever stalks silently beside me. I finally forget my Hope to gaze in interest at the other. Hope, neglected, lags behind until we walk alone—myself and the unnamed one. We walk forever, but the walk brings us to the abyss of the world. What name has that one whose identity I fail to know? O, Eternity, thou art my sight and knowledge. It was Doubt, whose companion I became.

LABOR

WEALTH
(To B. F. S.)

UNDERSTANDING
(To the Brother of Maris)

HUNGER

MONEY

THE CHOICE

ITALY
(To Caruso)

ERIN

BEES

(To M. T.)

A certain lad had a long way to go, so he sat still and waited until—well, another lad also had a long way to go—so he hurried along and before long he received several gifts not to be sneezed at. No, they were not to be sneezed at, though I must say they made his eyes water a bit. The gifts were lovely little blisters on his pedal extremities, so he had to sit down and take care of his poor feet and in pain tarried, looking at his poor feet. Ah, yes, our other little lad took it very slowly, almost like the proverbial snail, but kept on the lookout and pretty soon a nice, comfortable wagon came along, and took the slow little boy for a nice ride, and the good little slow boy rode merrily by the poor little fast boy, who still sat nursing his blisters. He had really gone stepping on some little brimstones,—though he said they were pebbles. The good little slow boy turned back and put his hand to the poor little fast boy, but I regret to say he raised his digits to his nose—O, world where is thy sting.

Note—This is not a moral, it is only something that happens every day on our best trafficked roads.

IMPERIALISM

RADIO
(To H. M.)

THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF LOVE
Synonyms and Antonyms

A—Adoration—Anticipation—Affinity—Arguments.
B—Beauty—Bliss—Bitterness—Bondage.
C—Caresses—Circumstances—Confidences—Charm.
D—Desire—Delusion—Dreams—Divorce.
E—Ecstacy—Engagement—Ego—End.
F—Fascination—Forgetfulness—Flattery—Faith.
G—Gossip—Gratitude—Gift—Goodbye.
H—Happiness—Honor—Heartache—Hell.
I—Intuition—Irony—Idolatry—Integrity.
J—Jealousy—Joy—Justice—June.
K—Kisses—Keepsakes—Knowledge—Kismet.
L—Lips—Loneliness—Logic—Longing.
M—Marriage—Morality—Money—Man.
N—No—Nearest—Novelty—Never.
O—Opposition—Own—Offering—Opulence.
P—Passion—Promise—Pride—Proposal.
Q—Quality—Quest—Queries—Quarrels.
R—Romance—Reveries—Realization—Remembrance.
S—Sympathy—Sacrifice—Shame—Settlement.
T—Thoughts—Truth—Temper—Tears.
U—Unkindness—Understanding—Uncertainty—Unfaithfulness.
V—Virtue—Vanity—Vows—Vengeance.
W—Wisdom—Wishes—Wedlock—Woman.
X—The Unknown—Love.
Y—Youth—Yearning—Yes—Yawn.
Z—Zenith—Zest—Zeal—Zero.
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MEMORIAL
(To A. S. R.)

DUST TO DUST

I take a bone—I gaze at it in wonder—You, O bit of strength that was. In you today I see the whited sepulchre of nothingness—but you were the shaft that held the wagon of Life. Your strength held together the vehicle of Man until God called and the Soul answered.

LULLABY TREE

ADAGE

FAITHFULNESS
(To Our Little Friend—The Dog)

A dog is the nearest approach to the sweet submissive spirit God would have in us, Faithfulness in the highest form. He only is faithful because he believes in you, as God would have us believe in Him.

REFLECTIONS AT RANDOM
(To A. T.)

Woman, the unreasonable Reason for the Great Reason, which the sages call Life—Others not so knowing call it Love.

Faith—The Engagement—repartee of Love. Hope—Marriage—maybe its reply, but Charity—Divorce—is the retort courteous.

The wedding march or two-step, I should say, is only too often the lock-step.

Punishment is seldom unmerited, though we may not always see the cause.

It is unwise to doubt others when you are not sure of yourself.

Scientists are fools in some respects, I mean the so-called ones, for they ignore the science of all important things.

Friend is symbolical of Heaven, but some play Hell with it.

Fun is a healthy disease and is very contagious.

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“May I intrude” is often substituted for “Do I intrude"—bores are not connoisseurs in the selection of verbs.

Make the best of what comes, for the best is coming.

The Great Divide is the division of thought which separates the Wise from the Fools.

Whatever has in it the element of restlessness is like the poison ivy plant; it causes rash and spasmodic movements, and after all the scratching the victim is worse off than before.

Worlds, and Worlds to live in, and so few do.

Care is helpful if we carefully care, but when we carelessly care, be careful.

Gossip—never related in the same way.

When you eat hash you do not always recognize the different kinds of meat in it, do you? So it is with Twice Told Tales.

We always prefer the most difficult way. It seems so much more important, but once we realize it, truth is always simplest when it is Truth.

It takes a hero to accuse no one, but take another’s accusation to his heart.

Love’s greatest expression is Service.

Eyes are living windows.

Into the garden we all go, but most are looking for the worm in the bud and never see the promise of the flower.

Publicity is the keystone in the Arch of Triumph.

Money—pretender to the throne of all we most desire.

Doubt is the opposing influence of our lives.

Happiness, some never know as a lasting friend, but only as a bowing acquaintance.

Wifehood is a profession, but Womanhood is the Expression.

Faith is the oasis in our Desert of Lost Hope.

Given a chance to run in the Great Race, even a weakling can win if he wears the Armor of Courage.

Purpose in doing is the cornerstone of success.

Did anything ever build itself over night that was worthy the name Great Structure?

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Loving service is more helpful than scholarly advice.

Friend—Most lovely word, akin to love, its dearest relation—might I say.

We dream of Greatness in humility, only to awaken to the greatness of Humility.

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The Gift Book	1
Nature	3
The Love Child	5
Heart Flower	9
You	11
Day Dreams	15
Suspicion	17
The Sage	19
Morphia	21
Domino	23
The Sphinx	25
Stradivarius	27
Extravaganza	29
Mirage	31
Glorification	33
Remembrance	35
Three Generations of Kisses	37
A Baby’s Skin	39
Gratitude	41
Shadows	43
Accusation	45
Even Song	47
Gypsies	49
The Carrier	53
The School of Life	55
The Wanton	57
Slavery	59
Within a Wall	61
The Chalice	63{xiv}
Solicitude	65
You	67
At Sunrise Tomorrow	69
Poverty	71
Cremation	73
The Lute	77
Powerless	79
Cap and Bells	83
Patchwork Quilt	85
To A. M.	87
The Philosophy of a Pessimist	89
Gems of Thought	91
To C. F.	93
Sympathy	95
Labor	99
Wealth	101
Understanding	103
Hunger	105
Money	107
The Choice	109
Italy	111
Erin	113
Bees	115
To M. T.	117
Imperialism	119
Radio	121
The Kaleidoscope of Love	123
Memorial	125
Dust to Dust	127
Lullaby Tree	129
Adage	131
Faithfulness	133
Reflections at Random	135
Cooperation	143

Diamonds	—Scintillating wit of sharpest ray
Emeralds	—Philosophy, growth in words today
Pearls	—Are the hymns of pity
Sapphires	—Songs of the skies
Rubies	—Are poems of passion
	And love that never dies.