Illinois Verse/Stuart Pratt Sherman
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Stuart Pratt Sherman
June, 1924
"Another good man gone East!" No more to seeHim on our street,—tall, strong and slightly bent,His solemn face light up so suddenlyIn salutation,—hear the jest that's sentBy his satiric wit,—is loss indeed.Yet flashing memories stay; A book-lined room,A paradise for those who love to read,Where gathered friends who sought some mental boon,A littered desk, a fireplace deep and wideAnd dominating all, the master mind,The gallant, militant spirit that defiedAll shallow pretense, struck and yet was kind Neighbor, poet, critic—American; A simple, true and rarely gifted man.