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Stefantasy, v. 5, issue 2, June 1949

Page 9

PO'TRY PAGE
"And did not the philosophic Coleridge say that the object of poetry was delight?"
--W. Somerset Maugham

EASTERSONG

Now the season clicks the switch,
The automatic conscience pricks the mind--
The mind, in turn, surveys the merchandise,
Inspects the neighbors, neighbors' wives;
The sweet, the swelling chords upraise
The raptured, soulful faces. They gaze to God,
To God well garnished with haloes and lilies,
Well screened by mysteries and holies.
Christ is risen! in t he Sunday supplements.
Blast the trumpets, beat the drums!
Incense will rise--and prayers ascend
That weather will not fail to favor the march
Of the part-time Knights of the Holy Grail.
--C. J. Stevens in London Freethinker, as reprinted in Gemini.

There was a young rector from Erie
Who was always exhausted and weary.
When asked why this wuz
He just answered "Becuz
Of the Kingdom of God I am leery."
--W. Milton Danner

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PO'TRY PAGE "And did not the philosophic Coleridge say that the object of poetry was delight?" --W. Somerset Maugham EASTERSONG Now the season clicks the switch, The automatic conscience pricks the mind-- The mind, in turn, surveys the merchandise, Inspects the neighbors, neighbors' wives; The sweet, the swelling chords upraise The raptured, soulful faces. They gaze to God, To God well garnished with haloes and lilies, Well screened by mysteries and holies. Christ is risen! in t he Sunday supplements. Blast the trumpets, beat the drums! Incense will rise--and prayers ascend That weather will not fail to favor the march Of the part-time Knights of the Holy Grail. --C. J. Stevens in London Freethinker, as reprinted in Gemini. There was a young rector from Erie Who was always exhausted and weary. When asked why this wuz He just answered "Becuz Of the Kingdom of God I am leery." --W. Milton Danner June, 1949 9