VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

jg^s^^|SpNQ.;^;A^TßAMP,' v: -- : ■'Whenrl'yotreaciiedvthb.e'nd of the "long white ;;/;;:road^hich'j-rdns/to/Aready,;, -■ ■V-:I of a hill which, . : ■-^ises ! straig]it'fromAthe sea/ ■■■■V -/ v :I: shall drink;my-fill from' a cold, clear stream ■'!•,-which, I springs'on tho .'mountain bend,. •;I:: shall', bathe; my'-', 'eyes .in ■'tho morning! dew ';'.;-.;,-.-vlien;.l'Te; : trhyelled:;-on"to: i thß.cn(l.' ■ xDeaf."Mother■ ! liartb._ and.-tho' old; brown sod '■;!-"••.'; .are/my.licgo; companions true, - : And- I buckle my; wallet bu:niy -back and I ; - ; tramp v .tlio.long day through.-.- " /.Happy?;..,Oh,'yes, .I'm:happy enough, for I've / //nothing to cumber my,; ieot,; / ;'/Ahd'tho,;wihds'/ahd::tho!-.wave3 are always, my • i;, /-;riei;d^ : 'and .the air from the hills-is sweet.~Sometimes"when" the rain comes.beating 'down -•;■ •-; I,.bond.my: head;to /the... breeze? ; /'/.-. Llhd. I lie,!on:the grass ;in a little copse, for ■/;././there's'sholter under, 'the./trees, /:/■ ■:;■ ■'~;■, '■'• And I..think 1 great thoughts and:.l.dream swcot of(the;winds.and the waves/of tho ; ''.-'"'^"> : seaV/;.-'-.'•■■ : .' : -'-v;"; '■"-:'. : :-/:v' ? -'':V ? v;' •; - ■■' ': : "',,-•'" .Till-1- almost/fancy;'l hear the. bolls/which /; /'v'/ ;','■■'. /■;;, /',' •-'.;'.; :;. •" But' I' know thore's a' long, long way. to go, yet -.-,■///.'the,road winds .on/to, the' end, -... .And /very/soon,1: ahall/slako./my thirst at the ~ ','/'spring'on'the mountain bend; "■"-'' / -:■',■',' , /And;!'pray /that? ray /feet/may' keep to the road ./;;:/./that: see,,', 'Z' '/'•:'/:.-; ' ..'/ /And the stones; were Arcady. /; / /. ■:■■, •; j/. /.—Constance, Morgan,:(in!% the!, "Westminster! /;,'/r::: ; .;>:/' .■.'■"'