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Other People's Wings

Parodies and Occasional Verses: by T. W. H. Crosland
Crosland, T. W. H. (1865-1924)

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ULTIMA THULE.
 
A LITTLE LAY.
 
KIPS.
 
THE ANCIENT CRITIC.
 
FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT.
 
TO ERMYNTRUDE ------
 
ODE

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ULTIMA THULE.

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(With acknowledgments to Mr. Stephen Phillips.)

O, thou art shaping into greatness, boy!
Thy book is pretty sure to surge next Spring:
And then! . . .
Huge stacks of thee will to the libraries go,
And all the virgins for a copy run:
And then! . . .
Thy tumbling hair will in the West be seen,
An oriflamme at plutocratic teas:
And then! . . .
Thy portrait in the salons shall be hung,
Thy picture laugh from hot-press'd magazines:
And then! . . .
Thy soul shall be upon vast serials spent,
Thy mystery spread upon the evening prints:
And then????
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