Felicity of phrase, ct practerea nihil, by Richard Le Gallienne. It appears in "Munsey's": Oh, let me write of Acheron, That river out of the black sun, Where hearts no longer feel or break, Or beat for some tall beauty's sake; But where there delicately glide, Upon that sedgy riverside, Pale, lonely wraiths that once could, love In the green meadows there above, Where the long grasses hendand swing, There might I meet that darksome king Who is the last and fearful friend, Who lays his.hand on you and smiles, And says, "Beloved, 'tis the end!'" And, oh, the Queen Persephone. That eits beside him on his throne, He stole by the JSgean Sea, A flower 'mid flowers all alone 1
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19114, 24 September 1927, Page 13
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