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DANDLESOME SNAPPET SNIPPET
OF OFT' BUFFED 'N' RE-BUFFED
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ALICE'S
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"Fruit
Tree", the song accompanying these pages is apt
throughout, and as markedly pertinent as it is poignant,
at certain points. It was written and performed by the
singular talent of Mr.
~
NICK
DRAKE ~
(19 June 1948 - 25 November 1974)
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The Life Beautiful
Live
the life beautiful ? do you say
Moving along in a humdrum way
Over the same paths every day ? |
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Live
the life beautiful ? yes like a star
Sending its beams to a sailor afar,
Scatter some radiance wherever you are |
Live
the life beautiful ? yes like a child
Happy because the dear father has smiled
Duty and Joy in His love reconciled. |
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Live
the life beautiful ? yes at His feet
All lovely graces, all blessings shall meet
Every day's service a symphony sweet. |
A.M.H.
Mar 8 1915
The eighth of March 1915 would
have been Alice's (probably 35th) birthday.
She chose to open her collection with these hopeful words (as they are
uncredited,
I am unaware whether she was the author or if this is a transcript of a
well-known hymn),
her tone, at the close, of the tome, is converse.
W.T.
"Alice M. Hackwood"
(Calligraphy Frontispiece)
2nd June 1915 |
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A.M.H.
"Suggest to the minds..."
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