The Washington times., 1916-10-28
Don Marquis
Column )
The Beautiful, Beautiful CountryI

Inc Beautiful, Beautiful country
BY FoTHERGIL FINCH. THE vERS
LTBRE BARD.
went out into me country
And plucked some violets.
Beautiful, Beautiful Vlolets!
They grew beside a Spring
A Beautiful, Beautiful Spring!
They were so beautiful the vio-
\lets were that they made
me sad y
Beautiful. Beautiful Sorrow!
And dropped some tears into the
Spring
And being thirsty ] drank . drank
some of my own tears -" beau
tiful. beautiful tears
I drank my own tears . . beautiful,
beautiful symbol -
And as stopped over to drink
A Lizard
Came up out OF the Slime at the bot
tom OF the Spring.
Up out OF the Beautiful. Beautiful
Slime
And kissed me on the Brow 49,
Beautiful. Beautiful Lizard!
Lizard, q said) you cheer me.
For now 1 know that Someone loves
Beautiful, Beautiful Love!
And thought maybe a Beautiful
Lizard had perhaps kissed
Narcissus
Under somewhat similar circum-
stances -
And Just then
Goat with long. long Beard put his
feet into the small of my back
| And j went into the water and when
came up again the Goat stood
by the pool
With his long tragic beard waving in
the wind and looked at me with an
CRY eyes
Beautiful. Beautiful Goat.
And every time | would try to get
out of the pool the Beautiful, Angry
Goat would butt me.
And the little loving Lizard
Covered coldlS about my spine L.
Goat II said are we not brothers
Beautiful. Beautiful brotherhood!
Is not this Lizard our little Sister?
But the Goat reached forward and
tried to eat my
Hair. and when !. would jerk my head
away he would butt mc again
Beautiful. Beautiful Angry Strength OF
the Cont
| And SO stood still In the pool and let
him eat my hair,
And when ] was quite bald he seemed
to feel more kindly towards me
Beautiful. Beautiful Tolcrntion.
And j came out of the pool and we
wandered sweetly over the twilight
hills together,
The Goat. the Lizard and I.
My mind upon the Goats strong beard
and the Lizard
] In my bosom :
And l brought them both TO my attic
| In Greenwich Village.
And the Lizard call Phryne and her
| picture will be published soon in
Guide Bruno's Weekly.
And the Goat I have named Sadaklchi
Hartmann.
And clara Tice IL going 10 DO a pic.
ture OF him on my bald head
10, my Beautiful. Beautiful Badness!
THE subjolned form" writes L. L.,
"is the one used in refusing manu-
scripts In China. 1t might be used In
the case of some particularly savage
contrlbutor-like the Kaiser"
Illustrious Brother of the sun and
Moon: Behold thy servant PROSTATE
before thy feet. kowtok to thee and
beg that OF Of thy Graciousness thou
moyst grant that I may speak and live
Thy honored manuscript has deigned tc
cast the light OF it's august countonancC
upon mo. With raptures I have pc.
ruscd Il. by the bones of my ancestors
never have encountered such wit
such pathos. and such lofty thought
With fear and trembling ! return tn,
writing. Were I TO publish the treas
urc you sent NEE the Emperor would
order that 1t should be mode standa I'd
and that none be published except sucl
az equallcd II. Knowing literature a,
do. and that II would he impossible II
10000 years to equal what you hav,
DONE / send your writing back. Ter
thousand times I crave your pardon
Behold my head is at your feet. Dc
what you will. Your servants servant
THE EDITOR.