"One lit a rushlight in the ages gone, Bearing it through the night with tireless hand, And saw its flicker steady into flame Spreading the Light, that men might understand. And when it faltered in his failing grasp Another took it up and bore it on. Today we serve in priesthood on the fire Clear and as constant as in years agone. Behind our service lies a century..."
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Poem on journalism, for the centennial edition of the Arkansas Gazette (1919), in Ethel C. Simpson, "Charles T. Davis", Encyclopedia of Arkansas (July 30, 2024)
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Charles T. Davis (poet)
Charles Thomas Davis (March 26, 1888 – December 21, 1945) was a poet and journalist from Arkansas. In 1923, the Arkansas General Assembly appointed him the first Poet Laureate of the state.
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