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and grieve for the charming companion whose kindly courtesy 

 and bright wit made the hours fly swiftly and pleasantly along ; 

 and to yet others is left an aching void when they remember 

 that they can never again lean on the friend whose judgment 

 seemed never to fail and whose warm-hearted affection was 

 a constant help. And to some he was all of these. At the 

 news of his death the same lines came to the lips of all of 

 us, so fittingly did Milton's words seem to speak our loss and 

 grief 



"For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, 

 . Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer." 



M. FOSTER. 



