Poem by Anonymous

Written in the Waiting-Room at the Office of the Secretary of the State

In sore afflictions sent by God’s commands, 
In patience Job the great example stands; 
But in these days a trial more severe 
Had been Job’s lot, if God had sent him here. 

1. Sir Richard Whittington’s Advancement
2. The Maid of Dunmore
3. Arthur’s Seat
4. The Tummel and the Duck
5. King Cormac’s Crown

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