Coomb-Firtrees say that Life is a moan,

   And Clyffe-hill Clump says “Yea!”

But Yell’ham says a thing of its own:

      It’s not “Gray, gray

      Is Life alway!”

      That Yell’ham says,

   Nor that Life is for ends unknown.

It says that Life would signify

   A thwarted purposing:

That we come to live, and are called to die,

      Yes, that’s the thing

      In fall, in spring,

      That Yell’ham says:—

   “Life offers—to deny!”

1902.