<h2><SPAN name="chap85"></SPAN>A ROSE TO THE LIVING</h2>
<p class="poem">
A rose to the living is more<br/>
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead;<br/>
In filling love’s infinite store,<br/>
A rose to the living is more,<br/>
If graciously given before<br/>
The hungering spirit is fled,—<br/>
A rose to the living is more<br/>
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.<br/></p>
<p class="left">
NIXON WATERMAN</p>
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