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MY DEAR STERLING,
I enclose a proof of the poem[3] -- all marked up. The poem was offered to the Journal, but to the wrong editor. I would not offer it to him in whose department it could be used, for he once turned down some admirable verses of my friend Scheffauer which I sent him. I'm glad the Journal is "not" to have it, for it now goes into the Washington Post -- and the Post into the best houses here and elsewhere -- a good, clean, unyellow paper. I'll send you some copies with the poem.