THE EASTBOURNE GAZETTE

Eastbourne, Sussex, England

14 February 1894

(page 4)

A WELCOME TO JABEZ SPENCER BALFOUR

[published by Aleister Crowley under the name "E.A.C."]

Great Liberator, come again,

Thy country needs thee sadly;

In Scotland Yard they all complain,

They "want" thee—oh, so badly!

Thou canst not tell the signs and sobs

That for thy presence yearn;

And the great heart of England throbs

With joy at thy return.

A change of work is rest, they say,

So honest toil shall rest thee,

No fears that thou must go away

Need haunt thee and molest thee.

We pray a level-headed set

Of fellow-men, who know thee,

In some small measure, grateful yet,

May pay thee what we owe thee.

E.A.C.