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1909 · PDF PAGE 8

Alexandra

ALEXANDRA 3 Nan, Olga, Prudence, Queenie, we say “ Sorry ! ” And turn away. XXX Even from Rose, Sal, Tabs, Ulrica, Violet, Winnie, Xantippe, Yolande, Zaza, we Turn like the magnet to the sailor’s eyelet21 To thee — to thee.22 XXXIII Hell . . . Desunt cetera

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1909 · PDF PAGE 7

Alexandra

…f Pamela, we pipe of Polly,18 We stock the loved disciple’s shady wood19 All this is merely visionary folly : It does no good. XXVIII We turn us from the tedious trivial traffic To vests that hold (your choicest spoil, be sure, O Illustrated London News or Graphic !) Thy miniature.20 XXIX To Ann, Bess, Clara, Dora, Ethel, Florrie, Grace, Helen, Ida, Jane, Kate, Lily, May

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1909 · PDF PAGE 13

Alexandra

…hotograph. 21. The nautical reference is, on the authority of Lloyd’s journal, obscure. 22. Cancelled passage, vv. XXXI, XXXII. XXXI Who turn ? Why, Arthur, Bertie, Charles, Dick, Edward, Frank, George, Hal, Ike, John, Kenneth, Leonard, Mike, Nat, Oliver, Pete, Quintus, wend them bedward Alone, alike. XXXII So Roger, Sam, Tom, Unus, Victor, Willie, Xenocrates, Yeo, Zeno, frown on fun, Disdain, delight, cry : “ Though you think us silly, A.R. or none ! ” The line “ Alone, alike ” resembled too nearly “ Aloft, alone ”, in the famous Diamond Jubil…

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