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Show ' Sd'SAY WE, ALL OF US Mr friend, lam glad to call you so, Althc(i've never clasped yourband 'in mine, And never from 'your lips has come my name. Yet at thy bounteous feast I often dine. ' Better than viands rich or vintage rare, ' Thy banquet where I am a welcome guest, ' For then my heart lays down Its load of care, And to my wearied brain come peace and rest.' And In return tor this I'm wishing you Fourfold the pleasure you have given me, ' For many years, may you .the Muses wee, Ere, 'The Qlver of Your Gift" shall summon thee, ' W While Fame and Fdf tune both, have smiled on you ' And you have friends in' every land and dime,' a one of them I say "'tis but your due" Your name llvo until the end of 'Time. To James Whltcomb Riley, for Henry A. Caldwell. |