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The Dead And The Quick

The Dead and the Quick 5992 The sky was steel, the wind, a knife I passed by Trinity's old graves, Close-crowded by the city's life- And yet, the city saves! The wind did search me through and through, When, looking past the pale, I read…

Dead

Dead 3707 When I am dead if men can say He helped the world upon its way, With all his faults of word and deed Mankind did have some little need Of what he gave, then in my grave No greater honor shall I crave If they can say if they…

“Underneath The Bough”

"UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH" 4352 We are in receipt of an unpretentious book of verse entitled "Underneath the led "Un Bough" (The Grafton Press) The author is George Allan Grafton Press) George Allan England, whose name is fa- miliar to us mainly…

A Dead One

A DEAD ONE 5632 Brathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said: "My trade of late is getting bad: I'll try another ton-inch ad" If such there be go mark him well; For him no bank account will swell, No angels watch…