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Show AVoniU'rotii Apo oT Ilotiha, H Tills la a wone'erotts ago ofbooksi thn- Rj land li flooiteil o'tr K With votumea ol 11 million toil of mis- M cellnneoiis lore, flu And writers with their bitty pen aro I N rcratrhlng day and night Kg To pile tho ovcitowetlng alack unto u 9 greater htght. I Tho arts and selcnces we have In variegated varie-gated form, Itallgloiia volumea keep tho beettsot . Chrittlansever warm, Die books of travel tell ui of the scenes. In foielgu cllmet. The yellow rovers rob theklds of nlikcts nnd of dimes. Tits (lories twined with wreaths ol lovo draw tears lioin maiden's s)os, And wild west wtilcts thilll the youth with blood -a ml thunder Ilea. Deteripllve books of dreadful war In graphle manner tell 01 men who plunge Into tho mow ol povdrr-btailng hell llaru langtiage-plcltirca doltly drawn lotli.ow fictlllotia light Upon the gory del J by nun wno never a iw a light. The pools twang their tunoful lyres Id every tort of vcrte, Some Imutllul, eoinogood, soma bad, and tome a darned tight worae, And men of every mtuliroom faith thla age ot thinking breeds Fly into books tu tiro ui with their dogmas dog-mas aud their creeds, Aye I Tit a wondernui age ot books, ami jet the iiiatitvo storo tlrewslaiger as those great machines,. thi printing ivestcs, roar, And evrrf taste Is tatlificd from atrcel wnlf lo tho sago With what la trotted out iiiillie literary liter-ary stage. No matter nhatlho man stay be, n ,' ptvupiroraklng, A Word-e'xundltig taint ol Clod or pug of little ling, i A atiteiman high In public or ragged i( AiiiTyeTlnTilltliTaiiAhl.wvTrJd, tftj fellow who ran haul ' " " A cheek book (torn hit poektt islli envied onoof all, Denver l'oal. 1 |