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Which would you choose? 



By T.Gilbert Pearson. 



C_/i all the nymphs that dwell intne worla 

 With dimpled cheek and tresses cui4ed, 

 WIio hark to the songs oi the sea and land. 

 And dather each joy with an eader hand, 

 Wl-iich would you choose &r life's short whirl 

 The maid.\\ath the gun or the camera <^ir^l? 



Uown in the de 

 That she loves sov/ell. 

 Where the lon^ moss waves 

 To the nonpareil. 

 Or* anon on the hill 

 When the ni^ht is still. 

 And the mockingbird calls 

 To the whip -poor-wall ; 

 One dreanis of the li^ht 

 -And the lens set ri^ht. 

 And the flash of >Mngs 

 As the birds alight , 

 And the picture 

 The plate will fill. 



In the autumn days when the purple ha^^ie 

 Softens and blends -with the sunset rays. 

 Cheery and bright in the fading light 

 Comes the ringing note of the plump Bob-white. 

 There is one who s tanned on cheek and hand,:] 

 Who will listen and smile, and can understand, ; 

 If the pointers are working right. ( 



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 Now which would you choose for life's short v^ii4»j 



Themuidwlio can shoot ortlie camera Oirl? 



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