Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1913 — The Saddest Words. [ARTICLE]

The Saddest Words.

Said a poet to an unfortunate speculator: "Don’t you think that the opening lines of Tennyson’s little poem, ’Break; break, break,* are plaintive and sad?” "Yes,” was the melancholy reply. "But I think that 'Broke, broke,* is * good deal sadder.”