And Other Poems.
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IN MEMORIAM.
W. H. LEVIN.
IN this New Age of this Old World of ours,
When barefaced bluster often heads the van,
And weeds, at times, outgrow the fairest flowers,
It cheers one’s heart to meet a gentleman.
When barefaced bluster often heads the van,
And weeds, at times, outgrow the fairest flowers,
It cheers one’s heart to meet a gentleman.
What constitutes a gentleman? not gold
But kindness, goodness, courtesy, and love;
A spirit fashion’d in the Master’s mould,
Brave as a lion, gentle as a dove.
But kindness, goodness, courtesy, and love;
A spirit fashion’d in the Master’s mould,
Brave as a lion, gentle as a dove.
And such was he who lately passed the gate
That Godward leads to everlasting rest;
But though he’s gone, his memory will wait
Embalmed for ever in his country’s breast.
That Godward leads to everlasting rest;
But though he’s gone, his memory will wait
Embalmed for ever in his country’s breast.
