He never saw, never before to-day,
What was able to take his breath away,
A face to lose youth for, to occupy age
With the dream of, meet death with,—why, I 'll not engage
But that, half in a rapture and half in a rage,
I should toss him the thing's self—"'T is only a duplicate,
A thing of no value! Take it, I supplicate!"
MR. SLUDGE, "THE MEDIUM"
Mr. D. D. Home, an American spiritualist, attracted much attention in the circle in which Mr. and Mrs. Browning lived in Florence.
Now, don't, sir! Don't expose me! Just this once!