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Title: Betelguese
A Trip Through Hell
Author: Jean Louis de Esque
Release Date: November 1, 2009 [EBook #30391]
Language: English
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BETELGUESE
_A TRIP THROUGH HELL_
By JEAN LOUIS De ESQUE
_Author of "The Flight of a Soul", etc._
JERSEY CITY
CONNOISSEUR'S PRESS
1908
Copyright, 1907 and 1908, by
_Jean Louis de Esque_
_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, E. C._
_All Rights Reserved_
TO
Those that felt the wand of Muse--
Queen Posy's shaft of subtle art--
Seared to the distant heights of blue,
Past onyx lees that Sunsets dyed,
And put to Vellum Couplets' fuse,
Sped same to Fate with timid heart,
Then shed dim tears in Sorrow's pew,
This work's respectfully inscribed.
PREFACE
To the readers of this poem an apology is needed for affixing thereto a praem. Some friends of mine have been plaguing me beyond the restrictive line of Patience for t