The Archive · 1927

DEPARTED GLORY

Through all the advertisement pages My search is detailed and minute, From the martyr who suffered for ages To the lad in the ready-made suit Or the damsels—I turn from them, blushing—With ttle of clothing to spare, But alas\ she is missing, the girl was brushing Her we erful hair.

"Twas a sight to astonish beholders, And il them with wonder profound, As it fell in cascades o'er her shoulders And cumbered the neighbor ing ground; For nobody ever derided Such locks in an ier da:

And Rapunzel herself"could A finer display. have searcely provided it may be that pictures still show hers The likeness is possibly. good, But frankly T own I don't know her, Nor do I desire that I should Fe I know she is Etoned or shingled, Who once was distinguished and proud, And now with the rag-tag and bobbed-tail she's She's lost in the crowd.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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