Show I 1 ii IN A TURKISH BATH 1 J By Edmund Vance Cooke 5 S 'S Now this Is the sight which occurred one night When the Turkish tanks were full tun And the serfs of wealth were seeking new health S 1 All minus of ot silk and wool S 'S jJ fre freaks ks of claws and beaks beks k- k There were i fat i Which surely were human once human once J w There were chins and mottled skins j And protuberant fats and fronts I n There were spiral backs and chests too lax t j a A There were were ere flaccid flabby flanks 1 f f l And many were Joined groined hippopotami r If i I On a a. lean gi giraffes giraffe's thin shanks 1 f fk i k f. f t i Now God d made man on a made god-made plan 1 r. r rT ci If the Olden Tale be be truth Ji ti z And He made him slim and straight straight- and trim So he be shone shon with the S 1 jj- jj glow of youth I r. r Aye Aye- and still as a child and undefiled T 1 t He grows on the godly plan S I. 5 And he holds the cast till the time be past part r V That he passes from youth to man t i t- t Then being being grown God he may model his own p Y 4 i As the lines of his life are grooved ff And the image God made changes shade by shade S J An And the model Is scarce improved r v So now if it The Eye as it glances by rZ r Peeps into this Bath today I r can fancy a start at the Infinite heart And a of at divine dismayS dismay dismay dismay- A gasp V or S c- c Was It on this plan that I made The Man ManOr Or how did I r chance to err I B By what fatal flaw aw of creative law Could this uncouth thing occur occur r And what what what-what what a mistake for a a. God to make Not to cover This Shape with with fur fur Copyright 1920 N. N E. E A. A |