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Of peace and happiness they paid the price. Their Via Dolorosa did they tread. They climbed the Calvary of sacrifice, And found a place among the mighty dead.

The years roll on, but as they pass away Let not this tender memory grow old. By the sweet, smiling blossoms of the May Let their fair story be forever told.

The Modern Pupil (1929)

I’ve had a new school teacher Now for a week or two. She seems to be quite clever, And knows her subject, too. She’s pleasant and attractive, As far as I can tell. There’s just one trouble with her. She doesn’t mind me well.

In fact, she has a notion, Saved from a former day, That things about the schoolroom Should go the other way. And so the one objection That any one could find Is insubordination. I cannot make her mind.

My Little Fire (1929)

My little fire is cheerful, Unchanging in its grace. Whatever be the weather, It keeps a shining face.

It always has a welcome For such as seek its hearth, Afar from all the struggles And strivings of the earth.

It seems so understanding. When ill has gone the day And I recount my troubles, It laughs them all away.

So I forget the fever Of false and vain desire, And find that life is blessed Beside my little fire.

[Illustration of a man seated in front of hearth. He’s dressed in suit and tie, smiling, and bent forward resting his elbows on his thighs. The left hand holds long tongs pointed at the fire, and his chin rests in his right hand. The hearth’s grate has two owl-shaped decorations, and a log carrier with extra logs sits nearby. A plant is on the mantle. The background has a window--drape open--decorated with a wreath. A candelabrum with five lit candles is in front of the window, and both ends are flanked by a candlestick with a lit candle. The artist’s cursive signature makes the name uncertain.]

Thankfulness (1929)

I HEARD a tiny sound to-day. The flowers all had stopped to pray. Lily, and rose, and goldenrod And violet were thanking God. For what? The sun, and rain, and dew, That had not failed the season through, The soil, the winds with their caress; And simple daily happiness.

I blushed, whose thought had found no wings To thank God for the simple things. No sudden fortune had bestowed On me a rich and golden load. But I had known the rain, the sun, Shelter and rest when day was done, Raiment, and food, and happy hours. I was less thankful than the flowers.

“Whatever he may wish or plan” (1929)

Whatever he may wish or plan, Three things will make or break a man: The work to which he gives his hand, To make a living in the land. The friends to whom his heart gives toll, Whose shadows fall across his soul. The goal by which through toil and strife He gives direction to his life.

APPENDIX 1: BYLINES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, NOTES

After-Images. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Motion Picture Magazine_. Vol. 23 No. 6. Jamaica, NY: Brewster Publications, Inc., Jul 1922. p. 7. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Age of a Heart. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 15 No. 1. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Jan 1925. p. 37. Note: Illustrated dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

Almost. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Princeton, Ind. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 97 No. 39. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, Sep 28, 1922. p. 1211

Along the Road. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Miami Daily Metropolis_. Vol. 27 No. 161. Miami, FL: Metropolis Publishing Co., Jun 17, 1922. p. 6

The Bantams. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Northwest Poultry Journal_. Vol. 33 No. 6. Salem, OR: Northwest Poultry Journal Publishing Co., Jun 1928. p. 15. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Battle Hymn. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 80 No. 17. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Apr 29, 1914. p. 524

Brotherhood. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Boys’ World_. Vol. 23 No. 12. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., Mar 22, 1924. p. 4. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

The Builder v1924. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Juvenile Instructor_. Vol. 59 No. 8. Salt Lake City: Deseret Sunday School Union, Aug 1924. p. 411. Note: Stanzas’ original layout of side-by-side is presented in this compilation as follows: left stanza as first stanza, right as second.

The Builders. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 53 No. 8. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Aug 1921. Cover page

The Chameleon. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Commonweal_. Vol. 5 No. 4. New York: Calvert Publishing Corp., Dec 1, 1926. p. 105

Charge Account. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 18 No. 1. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Jan 1928. p. 7. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

Childhood on the Farm. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Hoard’s Dairyman_. Vol. 67 No. 9. Fort Atkinson, WI: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., Mar 14, 1924. p. 332

The Children v1921. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Christian Herald_. Vol. 44 No. 32. New York: Christian Herald, Aug 6, 1921. p. 546. Notes: 1) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers, 2) Extra spaces in body of poem were deleted.

The Children v1925. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Pathfinder_. Vol. 32 No. 1668. Washington D.C.: Pathfinder Publishing Co., Dec 19, 1925. p. 21. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Child’s Prayer. Byline: Clarence Edwin Flynn. Richmond, Ind. Source: _The Epworth Era. _Vol. 17 No. 32. Chicago: Jennings & Graham, Jan 5, 1907. p. 830. Note: Stanzas’ original layout of 2x2 is presented in this compilation as follows: top-left stanza as first stanza, bottom-left as second, top-right as third and bottom-right as fourth.

The City’s Nerves. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 18 No. 6. New York: The New York Edison Co., Jun 1926. p. 143

Climaxes v1921. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Motion Picture Magazine_. Vol. 22 No. 11. Jamaica, NY: Brewster Publications, Inc., Dec 1921. p. 93. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Climaxes v1923. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Motion Picture Magazine_. Vol. 26 No. 1. Jamaica, NY: Brewster Publications, Inc., Aug 1923. pp. 41, 86. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Clock. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Beacon_. Vol. 14 No. 26. Boston: The Beacon Press, Inc., Mar 30, 1924. p. 111. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The Close-Up. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Movie Makers_. Vol. 3 No. 6. New York: Amateur Cinema League, Inc., Jun 1928. p. 397. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

Coming and Going. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _New York Central Lines Magazine_. Vol. 9 No. 3. New York: New York Central Lines, Jun 1928. p. 14. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

Compensation. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Princeton, Ind. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 97 No. 41. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, Oct 12, 1922. p. 1273

The Creator. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sedalia Democrat_. Vol. 17 No. 40. Sedalia, MO: Sedalia Democrat Co., Feb 15, 1923. p. 2. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

Credo. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _North Carolina Christian Advocate_. Vol. 70 No. 46. Greensboro, NC: Nov 12, 1925. p. 8. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

A Creed. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Christian Century_. Vol. 39 No. 7. Chicago: Disciples Publication Society, Feb 16 1922. p.200

The Cross v1927. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Vol. 28 No. 6. Cleveland: F. M. Barton Co., Mar 1927. p. 710. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Cry of a Human. Byline: Clarence Flynn. Source: _Richmond Daily Palladium_. Richmond, IN: Palladium Printing Co., Mar 5, 1906. p. 3. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

Cupid’s Lament. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 19 No. 5. New York: The New York Edison Co., May 1927. p. 105. Note: Stanzas’ original layout of side-by-side is presented in this compilation as follows: left stanza as first stanza, right as second.

A Day at a Time. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sanford Herald_. Vol. 17 No. 20. Sanford, FL: Apr 7, 1927. p. 4. Note: Duplicate “at” (A day at at time) in second verse replaced with “a”.

The Day’s Success. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Carp Review_. Vol. 24 No. 30. Carp, Ontario: James A. Evoy, Aug 16, 1928. p. 8. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed, 2) Apostrophe removed from “measure’s” in fifth verse, 3) Comma removed after “failure” in sixth verse.

The Divine Image. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Grade Teacher_. Vol. 46 No. 9. Boston: Educational Publishing Corp., May 1929. p. 745

Doing It Well. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Child Welfare Magazine_. Vol. 20 No. 7. Philadelphia: The Child Welfare Co., Inc., Mar 1926. p. 438. Notes: 1) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers, 2) E-readers might not correctly present “saw” in first verse with small caps, which is used for emphasis.

Domsie. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The American School Board Journal_. Vol. 78 No. 2. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., Feb 1929. p. 174. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) The poem might be referring to a character in Ian Maclaren’s _Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush_ (1894).

The Dream. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Bloomington, Ind. Source: _Christian Advocate_. Vol. 85 No. 44. Nashville: Lamar & Barton, Oct 31, 1924. p. 1388. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

The Earth’s Plaint. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Excavating Engineer_. Vol. 22 No. 6. Milwaukee: The Excavating Engineer Publishing Co., Jun 1928. p. 212. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

An Easter Vision. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sedalia Democrat_. Vol. 17 No. 98. Sedalia, MO: Sedalia Democrat Co., Apr 23, 1924. p. 2. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed, 2) Two-space indentation of second stanza’s first verse was deleted.

Electricity. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 15 No. 5. New York: The New York Edison Co., May 1923. p. 107

An Electric Personality. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 15 No. 7. New York: The New York Edison Co., Jul 1923. p. 148

The Electric Spark. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Beacon_. Vol. 14 No. 23. Boston: The Beacon Press, Inc., Mar 9, 1924. p. 99. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The End of the Trail. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Liahona: The Elders’ Journal_. Vol. 21 No. 3. Independence, MO: Zion’s Printing and Publishing Co., Jul 31, 1923. p. 49. [Published earlier in _Oakland Tribune_ (May 31, 1923) but without a title and partly illegible.] Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

The Engineer. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _New York Central Lines Magazine_. Vol. 3 No. 9. New York: New York Central Lines Co., Dec 1922. p. 55. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

Enslaved Lightning. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 18 No. 7. New York: The New York Edison Co., Jul 1926. p. 167

Evolution. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Motorcyclist and Bicyclist_. Vol. 24 No. 11. New York City: The Cycling Press Inc., Nov 1928. p. 27. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Fabulous City. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Commercial Law League Journal_. Vol. 30 No. 1. Chicago: Commercial Law League of America, Jan 1925. p. 29. Notes: 1) Editor prefaces the poem under the section title, “FORTUNES MADE IN OIL”: “The arrest, trial, conviction and commitment to the penitentiary of the super oil swindler, Leo Koretz, calls to our mind the following poem:”, 2) Title’s case changed from all caps.

Fade-Outs. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Motion Picture Magazine_. Vol. 26 No. 6. Jamaica, NY: Brewster Publications, Inc., Jan 1924. p. 84. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Faith v1928. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 113 No. 5. Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, Feb 2, 1928. p. 142

Film Judgment. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Motion Picture Magazine_. Vol. 27 No. 5. Jamaica, NY: Brewster Publications, Inc., Jun 1924. p. 109. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Finding God. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Freeman’s Journal_. Vol. 74. Sydney, Australia: Herbert Daniel Polin, Oct 2, 1924. p. 3. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

The Firefly. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Boys’ World_. Vol. 23 No. 23. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., Jun 7, 1924. p. 8. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

The Flag at Sea. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Our Navy_. Vol. 16 No. 13. Washington D. C.: Men o’ Warsmen Inc., Oct 14, 1922. p. 2. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Flowers Are Thoughts of God. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Progressive Farmer_. Raleigh, NC: The Progressive Farmer Co., Jul 3, 1926. p. 733. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Freedom v1928. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 18 No. 10. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Oct 1928. p. 230

The Future. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine_. Vol. 39 No. 3. Manistee, MI: J. H. Shults Co., Jan–Feb 1927. p. 69. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Gateway of the Kingdom. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sunday School Times_. Vol. 57 No. 29. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co., Jul 17, 1915. p. 1. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The Gift of the Farm. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Farm Life_. Vol. 41 No. 5. Spencer, IN: Farm Life Publishing Co., May 1922. p. 25

The Gifts of the Church. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Princeton, India. Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 107 No. 49. Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, Dec 7, 1922. p. 736. Note: Stanzas’ original layout of side-by-side is presented in this compilation as follows: left stanza as first stanza, right as second.

The God of the Beginning. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Church School_. Vol. 5 No. 11. New York: The Church School Press, Aug 1924. p. 491. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) Stanzas’ original layout of side-by-side is presented in this compilation as follows: left stanza as first stanza, right as second, 3) Dropped initial in first verse of both stanzas normalized for e-readers.

God of To-Day. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 54 No. 11. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Nov 1922. p. 656. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

God’s Garden. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 52 No. 7. Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, Jul 1920. p. 407

God’s Manners. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Baptist Record_. Vol. 49 (old series) 29 (new series) No. 9. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, Mar 3, 1927. p. 11. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

A Grace for Meals. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Girls’ Companion_. Vol. 25 No. 28. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., Jul 10, 1926. p. 7. Note: Title’s period removed.

The Great Adventure. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Uplift_. Vol. 15 No. 4. Concord, NC: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, Jan 8, 1927. p. 17. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

The Grey Host. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 111 No. 44. Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, Nov 4, 1926. p. 589

Hagar’s Song. Byline: Clarence Flynn. Bloomfield, Ind. Source: _Western Christian Advocate_. Vol. 72 No. 11. Cincinnati: Western Methodist Book Concern, Mar 14, 1906. p. 13. Note: For context see Genesis 16, 21:1–20.

The Happy Ending. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Youth_. Vol. 3 No. 8. Kansas City, MO: Unity School of Christianity, Aug 1929. pp. 14–15. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The Harness. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 20 No. 11. New York: The New York Edison Co., Nov 1928. p. 260

Have You Tried? Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 19 No. 11. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Nov 1929. p. 251

Heart Gates. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Herald of Gospel Liberty_. Vol. 118 No. 43. Dayton, OH: The Christian Publishing Association, Oct 28, 1926. p. 1018. Note: For context of first stanza consider Revelation 21:9–27.

The Heart of a Child. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine_. Vol. 39 No. 3. Manistee, MI: J. H. Shults Co., Jan–Feb 1927. p. 72. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Heart of a Child Is a Scroll. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Sunday School Journal_. Vol. 54 No. 8. Cincinnati: The Methodist Book Concern, Aug 1922. p. 473. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The High Tension Line. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 18 No. 4. New York: The New York Edison Co., Apr 1926. p. 92. Note: For examples of context of last stanza consider Mark 16:14–18 and Acts 3:1–10.

His Epitaph. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Our Dumb Animals_. Vol. 55 No. 3. Norwood, MA: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Aug 1922. p. 45. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

His Great Hour. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Oral Hygiene_. Vol. 18 No. 11. Pittsburgh: Nov 1928. p. 2122

Home v1921. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _American Messenger_. Vol. 79 No. 9. New York: American Tract Society, Oct 1921. p. 172

Home v1925. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _South Florida Developer_. Vol. 5 No. 33. Stuart, FL: South Florida Developer, Inc., May 12, 1925. p. 6. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Hope. Byline: Clarence Edwin Flynn. Greencastle, Ind. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 84 No. 43. New York: Eaton & Mains, Oct 28, 1909. p. 1706

How It Started. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 17 No. 12. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Dec 1927. p. 277. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

“I am not eloquent”. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Expositor_. Vol. 28 No. 3. Cleveland: F. M. Barton Co., Dec 1926. p. 360. Note: For context see Moses in Exodus 4:10.

If Christ Is Not Divine. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _America_. Vol. 29 No. 13. New York: The America Press, Jul 14, 1923. p. 306. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) For context see 1 Corinthians 15:12–19.

“I held a sea shell to my ears”. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _North Carolina Christian Advocate_. Vol. 73 No. 36. Greensboro, NC: Sep 6, 1928. p. 20.

Imminence. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _New Orleans Christian Advocate_. Vol. 75 No. 40. New Orleans: Publishing Committee for the Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Mississippi Conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Oct 4, 1928. p. 11. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps and its period removed.

In Conference. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 17 No. 9. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Sep 1927. p.214. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

Inventive Genius. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 17 No. 2. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Feb 1927. p. 34. Notes: 1) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers, 2) Stanzas’ original layout of side-by-side is presented in this compilation as follows: left stanza as first stanza, right as second.

Iron. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 18 No. 12. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Dec 1928. p. 286

I Want. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Youth_. Vol. 2 No. 1. Kansas City: Unity School of Christianity, Jan 1928. p. 22. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps, 2) Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

Jim. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Youth’s Companion_. Vol. 93 No. 44. Boston: Perry Mason Co., Oct 30, 1919. p. 612. Note: Stanzas’ original layout of 1-over-2 is presented in this compilation as follows: top stanza as first stanza, bottom-left as second and bottom-right as third.

Jove’s Plaint. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Edison Monthly_. Vol. 16 No. 6. New York: The New York Edison Co., Jun 1924. p. 129

The King. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. De Pauw, ’10. Source: _The Phi Gamma Delta_. Vol. 31 No. 4. Indianapolis: Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Feb 1909. p. 362. Notes: 1) He ended up graduating from DePauw in 1911, 2) Title’s case changed from all caps.

Knocking. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 16 No. 7. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Jul 1926. p. 436. Note: Illustrated dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The Land of Heart’s Desire. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Santa Ana Register_. Vol. 19 No. 153. Santa Ana, CA: Register Publishing Co., May 26, 1924. p. 18. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

The Lens. Byline: C. E. Flynn. Source: _Photoplay Magazine_. Vol. 22 No. 4. Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Co., Sep 1922. p. 109

Let Us Be Right. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Christian Sun_. Vol. 71 No. 38. Burlington, NC: Sep 17, 1919. Cover page. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.

Life. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Congregationalist_. Vol. 111 No. 41. Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, Oct 14, 1926. p. 504. Notes: 1) Removed comma at end of third verse, 2) Replaced comma with period at end of fourth verse.

Light and Shadow. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Photoplay Magazine_. Vol. 16 No. 2. Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Co., Jul 1919. p. 104. Note: Dropped initial in first verse normalized for e-readers.

The Lucky Man. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Personal Efficiency_. Vol. 18 No. 11. Chicago: LaSalle Extension University, Nov 1928. p. 248

Magi and Shepherd. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Indianapolis, Ind. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 90 No. 51. New York: Methodist Book Concern, Dec 23, 1915. p. 1734

The Magic Gateway. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Princeton, Ind. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 96 No. 48. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, Dec 1, 1921. p. 1506

The Magic of the Screen. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Photoplay Magazine_. Vol. 21 No. 2. Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Co., Jan 1922. p. 62. Notes: 1) Title’s case changed from all caps MAGIC and SCREEN, 2) Dropped initial in first verse of both stanzas normalized for e-readers.

The Making of Heaven. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _The Christian Century_. Vol. 39 No. 24. Chicago: Disciples Publication Society, Jun 15, 1922. p. 745

The Making of Home. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Box 97, Bloomington, Ind. Source: _The Railway Maintenance of Way Employes Journal_. Vol. 32 No. 10. Detroit: Oct 1923. p. 11. Note: “Employes” in publication title is as printed.

The Man Who Knows. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Princeton, Ind. Source: _The Christian Advocate_. Vol. 97 No. 36. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, Sep 7, 1922. p. 1110

The Marine. Byline: Clarence E. Flynn. Source: _Our Navy_. Vol. 16 No. 17. Washington D. C.: Men o’ Warsmen Inc., Dec 15, 1922. p. 2. Note: Title’s case changed from all caps.