A NEIGHBOURHOOD INCIDENT.
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As it lies in the roofless room forlorn,
For the sake of a dead man's scorn?
For the sake of a dead man's scorn?
"He did his best, as none will deny,
At serving the Earth to pay for his breath;
So she gave him early (and why not, why?)
The one thing merciful men call Death.
Ah! gift that must be gracious indeed,
Since it leaves us nothing to need!
At serving the Earth to pay for his breath;
So she gave him early (and why not, why?)
The one thing merciful men call Death.
Ah! gift that must be gracious indeed,
Since it leaves us nothing to need!
". . . As for us, sweet friends, let us dress and sleep,
Let us praise our pictures and drink our wine.
Meanwhile, let us drive His starving sheep
To our good Lord Christ, on the heights divine;
For the flowerless valleys are dim and drear,
And the winds right bitter, down here."
Let us praise our pictures and drink our wine.
Meanwhile, let us drive His starving sheep
To our good Lord Christ, on the heights divine;
For the flowerless valleys are dim and drear,
And the winds right bitter, down here."
North Bend, Ohio.
