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He was a man whose lot was cast	A
As some might think in lines severe	B
In humble toil whose life was passed	A
From week to week from year to year	B
And yet by wife and children blessed	C
He labored on with cheerful zest	C
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As one revered and set apart	D
A quaint unusual name he bore	E
That well became the frugal heart	D
While plain habiliments he wore	E
Without a tremor or a chill	F
At thought of some uncanceled bill	F
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A king might not disdain to wear	G
The title so appropriate	H
To one who never sought to share	G
Exalted station 'mong the great	I
Nor cared if on the scroll of fame	J
Were never traced his worthy name	J
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As bound by honor's righteous law	K
In strictest rectitude he wrought	L
The man who calmly clearly saw	K
His duty and who dallied not	M
To garner life's necessities	N
For those whose comfort heightened his	O
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The parent bird its brood protects	P
As fledglings in their downy nest	C
Until a Power their flight directs	P
From trial trips to distant quest	C
Through trackless zones of ether blue	Q
For bird companions strange and new	Q
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But ere his babes from prattlers grew	Q
Upon his knee or by his side	R
To womanhood and manhood true	Q
Too soon we thought the father died	R
How could we know when Death was nigh	S
Those little wings were taught to fly	S
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Another name his boyhood knew	Q
So seldom heard that lapse of years	T
Had made it seem a thing untrue	Q
Unmusical to friendly ears	T
And thus his appellation odd	U
His passport was where'er he trod	U
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So long on every lip and tongue	V
As if by universal whim	W
To him had his cognomen clung	V
And like a garment fitted him	W
That angels even must have heard	X
Of one like them in love preferred	X
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And when he came to Heaven's door	E
To Peter's self or acolyte	Y
The holy warder looking o'er	Z
'Tis 'Honest John ' he said aright	Y
And his pilgrim spirit passed within	A2
Because his walk with God had been	A2

Hattie Howard

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