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111 no way more appropriately can final 

 leave be taken of the subject in hand than 

 by presenting the apostrophe to Jethro Wood 

 from the pen of Edward Webster, formerly 

 associated editor of the Sura( 



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No jeweled diadem or crown / [ J> Jv J ^T p p ~ N 

 E'er glittered on thy manly H^<6v-^ . . f - , 



No slave would tremble at thy 

 Nor at thy footstool bow; 



For thou wert pure in heart and mind, 



And strove to raise not crush mankind! 



As famed Prometheus of yore, 



In aid of our lost, wretched sires, 

 Stole from the flaming sun, and bore 



Down to the earth those fires 

 That fill with light and life all space, 

 And mark the Day God's glorious race- 

 So thy inventive genius found 



For man the bright and polished share, 

 That bids the willing fields abound 



With fruits beyond compare; 

 And from the seed that falls like rain 

 Crowds full our barns with bearded grain ! 



