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POEMS.
The dearth of crops that far and wide
Impoverished many a household place,.
Discouraged farmers sorely tried,
And famine stared them in the face.
Impoverished many a household place,.
Discouraged farmers sorely tried,
And famine stared them in the face.
When from a nation's affluence ran
Abundant streams of kindliness,
Relieving many a hapless man,
And saving families from distress.
Abundant streams of kindliness,
Relieving many a hapless man,
And saving families from distress.
So, to our friend this thought arose,
Amid our laughter, unrepressed:
"I b'lieve I'll send my teeth to those
Grasshopper sufferers out West!"
Amid our laughter, unrepressed:
"I b'lieve I'll send my teeth to those
Grasshopper sufferers out West!"
Crescent Beach.
O Crescent Beach! That day shall be
A treasured one in memory,
That lured me from my distant home,
Upon thy lovely shores to roam;
A treasured one in memory,
That lured me from my distant home,
Upon thy lovely shores to roam;
To linger, with enraptured glance
O'er ocean 's limitless expanse,
Half-wishing that, before my eyes,
Fair Aphrodite might arise,
O'er ocean 's limitless expanse,
Half-wishing that, before my eyes,
Fair Aphrodite might arise,
