These Poems Are Dedicated to
CARLO DE FORNARO
Who Was the First to Understand, Appreciate and
Sympathize with Them
OF THIS FIRST EDITION OF SIX-HUNDRED AND
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THE
SHADOW-EATER
BY
Benjamin De Casseres
NEW YORK
WILMARTH PUBLISHING COMPANY
1917
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