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ALL L\ A GARDEN FAIR.<br />

' Your country—<strong>the</strong> world— has lost you/<br />

said <strong>All</strong>en.<br />

* Yet my <strong>story</strong> should encourage you. One<br />

may not sell one's works, yet <strong>the</strong>y may pro-<br />

duce great, even wonderful results. There-<br />

fore, courage ; and work. Put away that<br />

rubbish, and work. And it was a noble<br />

thought, was it not, to leave love and lilacs <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> age when lilacs and love are most dehght-<br />

ful, and to become <strong>the</strong> Poet <strong>of</strong> Humanity ? '<br />

The bright eyes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> man who should<br />

have been a great poet grew humid, and his<br />

musical voice trembled.<br />

' Of Humanity !<br />

' <strong>All</strong>en echoed, with glow-<br />

<strong>in</strong>g cheeks and brightened eyes.

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