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Show A Matter of Necessity. "The charming debutante upsets all received maxims." "How so?" "By proving that a miss can also be a hit." Baltimore American. Why be afraid of death, As though your life were breath? Death but anoints your eyes With clay O glad surprise! Why should you be forlorn? Death only husks the corn; Why- should you fear to meet The Thrasher of the wheat? Is sleep a thing to dread? "i'et sleeping you are dead Till you awake and rise Here or beyond the skies. Why should it be a wrench To leave your wooden bench? WThy with happy shout Run home when school is out? The dear ones left behind O, foolish one, and blind! A day, and you will meet; A night, and you will greet. This is the death of Death To breathe away a breath. And know how the end of strife, And taste the endless life. And joy without a fear, And smile without a tear, And work nor care to rest, And find the last the best. Maltbie D. Babcock. |