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ered been; But the stout old ivy shall never fade From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days Shall fatten upon the past: For the stateliest building man can raise Is the ivy's food at last. Creeping on where time has been, A rare old plant is the ivy green. THE CHURCH PORCH. [Arthur Pendennis made his entry into literature by writing these verses for Mr. Bacon's "Spring Annual." The Hon. Percy Popjoy, a regular contributor to that fashionable publication, had sent in a poem which Mr. Bacon's reader condemned as too execrable to inflict upon the public. To take its place, at George Warrington's suggestion, Pendennis was invited to turn off a copy of verses to accompany an engraving which showed a damsel entering a church porch, with a young man watching her from a near-by niche. The poem printed below was the result.] Although I enter not, Yet round about the spot Ofttimes I hover: And near the sacred gate With longing eyes I wait, Expectant of her. The minster bell tolls out Above the city's rout And noise and humming: They've stopped the chiming bell; I hear the organ's swell: She's coming, she's coming! My lady comes at last, Timid, and stepping fast, And hastening hither, With modest eyes downcast; She comes--she's here--she's past-- May heaven go with her! Kneel undisturbed, fair saint! Pour out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly; I will not enter there, To sully your pure prayer With thoughts unruly. But suffer me to pace Round the forbidden place, Lingering a minute, Like outcast spirits who wait And see through heaven's gate Angels within it. World-Famous Bachelors. At a Time When Contemporary Writers Are Pointing Out the Men Who "Have Been Made By Their Wives," a List of a Few Men Who "Made Themselves" May Prove Worth While. _Compiled and edited for_ THE SCRAP BOOK. "He travels the fastest who travels alone," sings Kipling. In other words, the bachelor has the advantage in the race for fame and fortune. The truth or falsity of this viewpoint depends upon the road which a person travels; it also depends upon his harness mate--who very often helps him along much faster than he could go by himself. Even were it
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