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Show Edwnrd T. Jeffery ns a Poet. 1 dwuid T Jerfers president of the Dense! S. Itlo ilrinde rillroui vstltea himself the ators nf hla boyhood days In the October Succesa, Thirty-rise years ai,n sshtti Mr JelTery waa very young and poor he nays he Joined it liter trs soclets which lirought hhn considerable con-siderable knowletlhc and experlnue Ihnt he vvtotc a poem for the society whlih was real at one of Its nuttlnt, The mini which waa never before published pub-lished is aa follows Ol 11 IHI r lite heart thut Is sad where a heart should Ih light Or false where a heart shoul 1 he true lj-1 us alii It through Ihe d irktiess ob- Bearing the llkht nd 1 poliii lo the future eternal mid irldil Ami leach It to dare and to do The soul that is dirkened by passion and crime I.el us win from Its Idols ot rl.is An I lend In Ihe hemes and augea sub Whose n-inies arc lust rlt eil on the records of time Undying Immortals nre they I ct ua flcht for the right though the slrtigale he lotitr With llrni unt unswerving desire 1,ct us ininfully tattle ortiHlnn snd wrong With henna that ate earnest un 1 trusty and stn ng Wilh iloet alii the Triiih to Inspire la-l us dare to he noble men nature s own 1 rlilc nl dare lo he true lo eich other, I or tin earth Is a homestead so fruitful We tun tlve we ein love we can toll side 1 site . nd cadi unto all he n bri ther |