WHY JOAN?
BY ELEANOR MERCEIN KELLY
Author of "Kildares of Storm," etc.
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1919
Copyright, 1919, by
The Century Co.
Published, March, 1919
TO
MRS. RICHARD W. KNOTT
friend and neighbor to many young
women such as JOAN, whom she
has helped to find the why of themselves;
and whose life principle may
be summed up in Virgil's phrase
Paulo majora canamus—
(Let us sing of higher things.)
Aime-moi, parce que j'ai besoin de ton amour pour mes chansons,
Va t'en, parce que j'ai besoin de pleurer pour mes chansons,
Meurs, parce que j'ai besoin de chanter la mort pour mes chansons,
Car je suis le Cobzar.