VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

/ WHAT IS LONDON? ■ Magnetic pold of:trado, tho raewhant-said,' E ■U^ r -A c .Ut)yrmtli ;, ."of silence,'' thought , th©; thief, - : : Tivafl- to the clerk a. mill for grinding bread, j ' A niino of endless treasure, quoth his chief., ] ■ of■•fiestniction l parson ( ; V^-A^nest 1 . of hornets, growled the' cheated clown, ■' ?.y £. : £inaze, - the;; traveller:' thought, ■ ; without, ■, a * v<,>,'.guide,■■■ ■■ '■ '• ■ - ' /The author dubbed it Field of Fair, Renown. J History turned stone, tho poet-sang, . ' . , 1 •v The'ipricst dropped tears-upon his cruciiix; i Att ansel-ohild's sweet voice above them rang— i ■' "God, did you spill that box of dirty bricks! ■ \ , — A.W., in tho "Daily News." '( 1 / : I' ■ the TWO MAGICS. ' AihoilL big toppling clouds laden with'thunder • E«ii'U,'of quick jblue; : lights in the leafless V-.--■-*' 1 - : v'-'/:V'p"iV '' At» winter twilight: sopia shadows under ■ , . Great: willows swaying in an /autumn breeze: , On peer dead 'faces peaceful smiles these v Ar& biautiful and ' point to/realms of i vonder,' Untrodden'shadowy kinds-peopled with hosts ;•. Of Caching-- ..home-sick ; souls and vaguo' 10ng- ... fyearning'ivghosts.' • •. . ■ long ways of %dlock in.a great peace ending: ■■"■"'Mia'n' : .noble,servitude:.. : . 'Souls}strongly 'poised,' .with-.bitter . winds con- ' vtending: ■ ■ , ■ ! r'GTeat'-'Causes lost :vvirtues as ;granite rude: , v Quarrels ; healed up: forbearance thwarting j feud: , . Fond :: parents' dreaoss- down ■ glory s, vistas. • ; - trending:— ' , , , , , -Bea-nty'h'ave these ;th-at :with no ghostly _hand -. ,' -; : Be6kons .the weary soul home. to -.her, father- ] land. ' ! ■'' Wall,' in the "Canterbury College , * Ksview." , . -|