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"O some gi'e us
To for wad many power the giftie see us."
see oursel's as ithers
HENRY ROMEIKE, Inc.
110-112 West 26th St. N. Y. City.
CABLE ADDRESS,
NEW YORK
OMEIKE" NEW YORK
The First Established and Most Complete
Newspaper Cutting Bureau in the World
LIF
om
ddress
New York City
ate
DEC 1-1910
Rhymed Reviews
The North Pole
(By Robert E. Peary. Frederick A.
Esta
384
Stokes Company)
I knew we'd cop that Polar belt!
My ship was bound to push straight
forward
Because I'd named her "Roosevelt,"
She bit the icebergs, smashing nor'-
ward
To camp, near Markham Inlet; there,
Among the packs that crash and
splinter
We dined on musk-ox, deer and bear
And whiled away the sunless winter.
As welcome spring approached, T chose
To man a sledging expedition
The pick of all the Eskimos
Who lived to aid my one ambition;
For I had saved their starving tribe
And nursed their sprains and frozen
noses ;
In sober truth, I might describe
Myself as quite an Eski-Moses.
We fared across the glacial seas,
Their rugged floes and pressure
ridges
And leads of open water-these
We often passed on ice-cake bridges.
Near eighty-eight north latitude
Brave Captain Bartlett, bluff and
hearty
(Who earned my fervent gratitude),
Led back my last supporting party.
With five companions, strong of soul,
To share my toil and extra glory,
On April sixth I found the Pole
And hurried back to write my story;
Which makes, I trust, a pleasing book,
But they that yearn for dissertations
Upon the wiles of Doctor Cook
L Must wait for other men's narrations.
My medals fill a trunk. My name
Upon her scroll shall Clio's pen mark
That babes unborn may read; my
fame
Has even spread to Darkest Den-
mark.
The Polar wreath alone I wear,
For I'm the Polar Star, my dearie;
In brief, the only Polar bear
Is yours politely, Cap'n Peary.
-Arthur Guiterman.
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