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RETURN IN 3 DAYS TO
GEORGE To ED W ARDS,
102 EXCHANGE ST.9
iPORTIAND ME.
Islance
)-
of 20,000
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an
SUPPOSING YOU OR I.
ole
By GEORGE THORNTON EDWARDS.
ne:
and
SUPPORT
UPPOSING you or I had saved a life
And jeopardized our very own in
or-
saving,
And their some knave had started rumors
the
rife
mes,
That for himself had set the banners
the
waving,
the
What would I have done?
in-
What would you have done?
Supposing you or I had earned the right
To great renown and praise commenda-
PPI.
tory,
that
And.then some thief had come as in the
iver,
night
hing
And tried to steal our name, and fame
done
and glory,
For
What would I have done?
avi-
What would you have done?
f of
send
Supposing you or I had staked a claim
That was disputed by some little
arg-
baker,"
illes
ized
And we had proof that we could put to
shame
hiles.
River
This man, and knew him for a very
faker,
d 600
What would I have done?
e for
What would you have done?
loned
Supposing you or I had reached the goal
gable
That ages had defied man's utmost try-
miles
ing,
es of
And then some vulgar, falsifying soul
ation
Had claimed it, and we knew that he
eams
was lying,
ies is
0
What would I have done?
the
What would you have done?
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This file contains poems and letters dedicated to Robert Peary and the 1909 expedition to the North Pole. Also included are poems relating to Frederick Cook and his claim of reaching the North Pole first.
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