Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [275] Digitized by Microsoft® Defoe Thy great book holds my boyhoods hero,In which I trace a dear old friendThrough a sailors bad beginningTo a good mans peaceful end. How breathlessly I fetch with theeThat long run up the sloping beach,Until, beyond the last waves reach,I turn and gaze on the raging sea. Then, living in for mzins , in wild amazement standBefore that footprint in the sand. Book, dear like to youth and age,Showing on every living pageThe value and the rarityOf absolute [276] Digitize

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Doubt and other things, verse and illustrations . [275] Digitized by Microsoft® Defoe Thy great book holds my boyhoods hero,In which I trace a dear old friendThrough a sailors bad beginningTo a good mans peaceful end. How breathlessly I fetch with theeThat long run up the sloping beach,Until, beyond the last waves reach,I turn and gaze on the raging sea. Then, living in for mzins , in wild amazement standBefore that footprint in the sand. Book, dear like to youth and age,Showing on every living pageThe value and the rarityOf absolute [276] Digitized by Microsoft® Gustave Dore Many good things that had their dayIf really good pass not away;Of such the Thrill is a good test,If it remains, perhaps the best;For when the novelty is passedBut little thrill remains at last. So apropos of G. Dore Often we are forced to say How he zimazed us in his day, When with Gargantuan appetite He illustrated all in sight. Books, ancient and modem, up to date. Till naught remained to illustrate. And I confess I thought him due allowance think so can my loyalty abateWhile I remember the first thrill.

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