CHARLES WELLS MOULTON

Eighteen-Hundred-Ninety-Eight

AN ADVANCE SUBSCRIBER

TO THE EDITOR

'HE DOCTOR'S WINDOW"! HAIL THE DAY
YOU NAMED YOUR BOOK SO QUEER!
THE DOCTORS, ONE AND ALL, WILL SAY
"You've 'READ YOUR TITLE CLEAR'."

COULD I BUT READ MY TITLE CLEAR

TO MANSIONS" ALL MY OWN,

MY "DOCTOR'S WINDOW" WOULD APPEAR

THE MARVEL OF THE TOWN.

YES, IT SHOULD GLOW WITH FLOWERS RARE,

WITH SUNSHINE FROM ABOVE;

THE BRIGHTEST GEMS SHOULD SPARKLE THERE, ENKINDLING ALL OUR LOVE.

A "WINDOW" WHERE THE LIGHT WOULD SHINE
ON PLEASURES PURE AND BRIGHT;

WHERE ONE COULD WORSHIP AT THE SHRINE
OF POETS, WITH DELIGHT.

AND SUCH IS YOURS TO GIVE TODAY,

"THE DOCTOR'S WINDOW" TRUE,

THAT IN DECEMBER VOICES MAY

WITH POEMS OLD AND NEW.

-DR. EDWARD D. FREEMAN.