DISTANT COURTSHIP. 
In your letters I hear your voice 
And ace the most beautiful choice 
That your mind sends to me in words 
Which sound like music never heard. 
Here each verb, noun, and preposition 
Give me a healthy, lively disposition; 
In one sentence, love, I see you asleep 
Whereupon I bow to your tender feet. 
Whenever mail comes to my door 
From you I become happy more, 
For I always receive something good 
Seat by you—love being understood. 
Thus, when I open the received letter, 
Every second I feel better and better. 
Oh, I can not describe to you 
The sublime feeling I have for you! 
Though you are many miles away 
I see you both night and day. 
For, that you are always in my mind, 
Dear, you are with me at all times. 
Behold, I can see you at this hour— 
You who have me in your power! 
Alice, my love, my darling, my all! 
At your magnificent feet I fall! 
THE BURNING WORLD. 
Canto I. 
i. 
August 1, 1914, the world began to burn 
Making a great lesson for mankind to learn. 
This great fire was a world war, 
Nations fighting one another afar, 
Twenty-three countries being involved, 
Killing for mighty questions to be solved. 
y, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria 
Warred against Canada, India and Australia. 
Hereupon fifty million men were called to arms 
From banks, markets, mansions and farms. 
Husbands, fathers, brothers and sweethearts 
From their loved ones had to part. 
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