The Quiet Corner
March 30, x9z7 THE COMMONWEAL 587 i THE QUIET CORNER counsel thee, shut not thy heart nor thy library.--C. LAMB. "Not irt vain," said Dr. Angelicus, unfolding a recent edition of the New...
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...Longfellow's picture, or his poetry, Doctor...
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...Why should you think it was his picture...
...The picture on the one is a maiden very sweet and charming, just stepping out of an automobile and gleefully exclaiming: 'Hello, Everybody!' She wears a white cap and white dress, and stunning brown sweater...
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...He probably had asthma for the rest of his life," agreed the Doctor...
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...Although we've had some beautiful balmy days lately...
...This," remarked Britannicus, "is an account of an exciting incident which occurred centuries ago, and which led to a gift from the Count de Provence, later King Louis XVIII of France, of a beautiful tapestry to the de Bodisco family...
...The item states: " 'She hastened to her husband's cabin, where the Count de Provence was concealed, and bade him hide under the cushions of the bed while she reclined on it, feigning illness...
...Angelicus was off again: "You shall read it, my good Britain, Let it be a noble clipping...
...The Count was a fugitive on a ship, and an ancestress of the de Bodiscos, the captain's wife, saved him from arrest...
...The other calendar depicts an Indian maiden reclining against a rock along the braes of a mountain stream...
...Speaking of Indians, here is an inter- esting item from my favorite paper, the Meeteetse, Wyoming, News...
...Then declaimed the Doctor: "It was well you did not see him-- See White Eagle when his feathers Were all rumpled and distracted...
...His poetry, of course," replied the Doctor...
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...And I saw a cab And the cab was blue, And I took the cab To a spot I knew...
...asked Britannicus significantly, holding up a large sheaf of manuscripts...
...asked Catalogs, Magazines, Books, Commercial Printing Euphemia, curiously...
...Unforgotten Is His War-Dance: War-Dance on the Best Fire-Water.' " "Oh, do go on," begged Euphemia...
...Harken: " 'I saw a bird And I saw a street, And the street was long And the bird said tweet...
...and although some time since, the first robin was seen and re-ported at Douglaston, Long Island, yet has our mail been quite devoid of the usual poetical outpourings common to spring...
...I suppose you were so entranced with his beautiful beard, that you carried away no sense of his poetry You probably won't even be able to appreciate this item...
...He sounds as though he had a lovely complexion...
...concluded Euphemia...
...Chief White Eagle has departed.' " "Oh, and I missed seeing him before he left...
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...He got full on fire-water, Got so full he danced a war-dance...
...Have you ever met her who bears it...
...He came in to deliver the poem personally," replied Brito to send us their printing orders for many yeaxs...
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...exclaimed Euphemia...
...It's called Spring...
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...Brltannicus, who had been a silent listener during the fore- going, now remarked: "I, too, have a dipping which I should llke to read...
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...Angelicus, pitch- ing his voice to a solemn, declamatory tone, recited: " 'Chief White Eagle has departed, Has gone back to Oklahoma, Never more to see our city...
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...Ermah--well, here is a sample," avoided Britannicus, as he selected one...
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...If it weren't for these small items In the news, we would be silent, And our library would perish--" "I think there are some people who wish that it would," interrupted Euphemia...
...Never say to me grin, as you have so frequently in the past, that, west of Chicago, there is no feeling for art...
...Well, it would only be fair to read it to me before drawing any such rash condusion," remarked Euphemia...
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...When his pocket flask disfigured His white buckskin nether garments---" "Stop...
...March 30, x9z7 THE COMMONWEAL 587 i THE QUIET CORNER counsel thee, shut not thy heart nor thy library.--C...
...annicus, "so I must confess that I have had the pleasure...
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...sorrowed Euphemia...
...Be-sides, its my turn now...
...Frankfort and Jacob Streets, New York Ch'y A flushed and distinctly spring-feverish...
...But by the way, what's happened to our spring poets...
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...To a spot I know Where the grass is long, And I stood and harked To the birdie's song...
...COMFORT PLUMPTREE BRUNDAGE.'" "What an interesting name...
...She has a brilliant-colored plume in her hair-band, and around her adonis form is a swaddling gown...
...so Dr...
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...Because I used to study his picture in my school reader," said Euphemia, "and spent hours wondering if his name were an abbreviation of 'Longwhiskersfellow.'" "That was just llke you," grumbled the Doctor...
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...A breathless moment ensued for the Count and his benefactors.' 'Tll say it must have---for the Count, at least," summed up Britannicus...
...Angelicus, unfolding a recent edition of the New York Evening Post, "not in vain did this reporter, when a schoolboy, study his Long4ellow...
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...Are there any particularly fine poems among them...
...So saying, she read: " 'Two beautiful calendars are being given away by the Serv- ice Garage...
...in-quired the Doctor...
Vol. 5 • March 1927 • No. 21
