Am I not holy if I love the creeds,

Even though my drinking sins choke up the sea?

GEORGE S. PHILLIPS (JANUARY SEARLE):
The Gypsies of the Dane's Dike.


INVOCATION TO TOBACCO.

Weed of the strange flower, weed of the earth,

Killer of dulness, parent of mirth,

Come in the sad hour, come in the gay,

Appear in the night, or in the day,—