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O. HENRY—APOTHECARY,
Where once he measured camphor, glycerine, . • Cloves, aloes, potash, peppermint, m bars, ' And all tn© oils aud essences sp keen That druggists keep in rows of stoppered jars— Now, blender of strange drugs more volatile, . -"■ The master pharmacist of joy and. pain -' Dispenses sadness tinctured with a smile, And laughfor that dissolves in tears again. U brave apothecary! _ You who know What dark and acid doses life prefers, . _ And yet with smiling face resolved to brew Those sparkling potions for. your customers — Glowing with globos of red and purple glass, Your window gladdens travellers who pass. —Christopher Morley, in "Everybody's Magazine."
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16253, 27 April 1917, Page 4
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104VERSE Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16253, 27 April 1917, Page 4
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