Africa.

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AFRICA

(Dedicated to Mme. Leony Armattoe)

I once saw a maiden dark and comely,

Sitting by the wayside, sad and lonely.

Oh! Pretty maiden, so dark and comely

Why sit by the wayside, sad and lonely?

' I am neither sad non lonely,' she said,

'But living, sir, among the deaf and dumb;

Relentlessly watching these shameless dead,

Makes my warm heart grow very cold and numb.'

By R. E. G. Armattoe.