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Fantascience Digest, v. 1, issue 1, November-December 1937

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Page 14     FANTASCIENCE DIGEST

SONNETS IN MEMORIAM, TO DAVID R. DANDRIS[[?]]

1. To Supernal Day

I knew him while upon this sun-tied sphere;
A friend, perhaps the greatest that I knew,
A friend, so loyal, understanding, true;
Now, we shall ne'ermore see each other here.
For that my heart is heavy, cries, is said;
But in the infinite where all is light,
I hope that all[[?]] things now are quite all right
For the friend I loved so well, a fine young lad.

Without a stellar ship he crossed the space
Where more than one rebels, their spirit weak
With happiness upon his radiant face,
His spirit going without fear, no meek[[?]].
(For behind the scheme of things there is no night
'Tis there he goes to find supreme delight.)

2. To Glorious Reunion

Unchained from mortal, mundane hampering throngs,
He follows the time and space unto their end
As among the macrocosms his ways wend,
A-setting right, reforming all great wrongs
That tend to paradox all space and time,
Finding the answers to the things he asked
While here on earth,but these are not unmasked
for his perusal, displayed [[underline]]??[[end underline]], sublime.

I hope that we shall meet again somewhere
Out there where all the universes roll,
And of eternal[[?]] Day the greatness share
As I, to him, his worldly praise extol.
(There, we shall view the greater glories won...
"[[underline]]Our father[[end underline]]...[[underline]]Thy will be done[[end underline]]." ...)

---J. Francis Hatch

(Dedicated to Mrs. Neville P. Daniels,his mother)

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Page 14 FANTASCIENCE DIGEST SONNETS IN MEMORIAM, TO DAVID R. DANDRIS[[?]] 1. To Supernal Day I knew him while upon this sun-tied sphere; A friend, perhaps the greatest that I knew, A friend, so loyal, understanding, true; Now, we shall ne'ermore see each other here. For that my heart is heavy, cries, is said; But in the infinite where all is light, I hope that all[[?]] things now are quite all right For the friend I loved so well, a fine young lad. Without a stellar ship he crossed the space Where more than one rebels, their spirit weak With happiness upon his radiant face, His spirit going without fear, no meek[[?]]. (For behind the scheme of things there is no night 'Tis there he goes to find supreme delight.) 2. To Glorious Reunion Unchained from mortal, mundane hampering throngs, He follows the time and space unto their end As among the macrocosms his ways wend, A-setting right, reforming all great wrongs That tend to paradox all space and time, Finding the answers to the things he asked While here on earth,but these are not unmasked for his perusal, displayed [[underline]]??[[end underline]], sublime. I hope that we shall meet again somewhere Out there where all the universes roll, And of eternal[[?]] Day the greatness share As I, to him, his worldly praise extol. (There, we shall view the greater glories won... "[[underline]]Our father[[end underline]]...[[underline]]Thy will be done[[end underline]]." ...) ---J. Francis Hatch (Dedicated to Mrs. Neville P. Daniels,his mother)