WALTER MALONE.
Poet, Jurist and Philosopher.
The dreaming lad saw life as intricate,
And learned to solve and sing in buoyant youth;
For fallen ones, was filled with tender ruth,
For all he pondered deeply, soon and late;
A gentle friend and wise, fraternal mate,
Who darkness saw where light should be and truth,
Despite the ways of thief, and heartless sleuth—
A prophet bold to plan and then create.
Immortal bard, far seeing, earnest man,