Act 3 — POEMS AND SONNETS

To

DOCTOR W. W. RAY

PHYSICIAN, SCIENTIST, POET, MUSICIAN

To Whom Whether in Art or Nature Truth is Beauty and Beauty Truth, To Whose Appreciation and Enthusiasm I Owed my Intellectual Awakening in Youth, and Whose Friendship and Love have Increased That Obligation Immeasureably as the Years have Passed,

I Dedicate these Poems With the Affection of a Full Heart

COTTON NOE

"Then why not praise the tallow-dip, the dog irons and the crane, The kettle singing on the coals, or hanging to a chain?"