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A Book of Quatrains

By Norman Gale

Gale, Norman (1862-1942)

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COMMANDERS IN CHIEF

HOPEFUL GARDENING

THE TESTIMONIAL

THE GOOD FORTUNE

THE BUDDING HERO

THE CHESS MASTERS

THE WRONG TURNING

THE THORN TO THE ROSE

A PICTURE OF LAZINESS

SACRILEGE

BACK TO THE LAND

THE CONSEQUENCE

TO A MISERLY LANDOWNER

THE INDIGNANT ONION

THE FIRST CROCUS

A SISTER OF THE POOR

THE SAME COMPLAINT

CONQUERING WOMAN

A PERSONAL MATTER

MYSELF TO MYSELF

A PESSIMIST TO THE WORLD

DISTANT RELATIVES

VARIANCE AT FORTY

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SACRILEGE

IN honour of the Prince of Peace,
The opposing generals say
That bloody butcherings shall cease
Till dawn on Boxing Day.