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gossamer film.
IN BOASTFUL PRIDE
He walked quite proudly on the rocky ledge
And shouted, "I am
standing here so high!
How fine the valley and the flowing rye,
I
see the barn that's near the osage hedge;
Come look--it's splendid
from this shaly edge!"
He leaned far out and slipped--the foolish guy.

Where he had stood was only murky sky.
To face great danger is a
privilege.
Don't dare for show, my boy, the rock might slide.
For
worthy cause the brave will stand or fall,
But watch the stepping
where the bluff is steep;
Remember too when flushed with boastful
pride,
Men take most careless risks--don't reckon all;
And then--a
life goes out in just one leap.
IN THE STORM
Hear the gale roaring through woods!
Trees bend and snap and sway,
They race and break on this dark day.

If I could fashion some sturdy hoods
To hold the storm at bay,
Then trim and straight would all trees stay.

But great trees knotted by winds' moods
--Like men who face their care--
Stand scarred yet staunch and
bravely there.
THE PRESS OF FLOZARI
COLOPHON
This is number 107 of the Torchbearers' Chapbooks, printed by hand at
the Pegasus Studio, from hand-set 10 point Century on Eggshell paper,
in an edition of 110 copies and the type distributed.
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