VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

SAILING AT DAWN. One by one tie pale stars , die before the . day now, ■. r, One by ■ one the great ships are stirring ... from their sleep, ■; Cables all: are rumbling, anchors "all " : aweigh now, Now. the fleet's a fleet again, gliding towards, the deep. Now the fleetls a .fleet again, bound upon the old ways, ' Splendour, of the past comes shining '■ in the spray;' ■ Admirals of old'tinis, bring us on the ' bold ways! . • , Souls of all the sea-dogs, lead tho line-to-day! . far away behind us town and'tower arc . dwindling,Home becomes a fair dream-faded long , .ago; ■ ■ • . infinitely glorious the height of heaven '. is .kindling, - • , Infinitely desolate the shoreless sea be- ' low.. : y Now the. fleet's a fleet again, bound i - Upon the old 'ways, . . Splendour of the past comes shining ; in ,the spray; ■ Admirals of old time, bring us on the 'bold ways! . " '. Souls of all the sea-dogs, lead tho • * line to-day! ince. again with ..proud hearts we mate ' ~:the; old surrender,'. Once again with high hearts serve the • age to be; , : : iJot for us the warm life. of. Earth secure and tender,' • / &urs tho eternal wandering and warfare ' ■ of the sea. . . Now the fleet's a fleet again, bound ■i upon the old ways, i ..Splendour of. the past comes shininjr in .the spray;;-. ■ Admirals of. old time, bring us on the bold ways! ' . . • So'ulp-of all the sea-dogs, lead the line to-day! -Henry IJewbolt, in the "Spectator." ■ . .'' - THE DBEAir-SHII'. I °n' rhythmic swell li M' s ,dr eam -ship's pennant roso'and fell, J .The silent moon stood sentinel Above the white sails slumbering; -iWith silver lamps swung to and fro, A.choir of wavelets murmured low, . . , ffheir soft refrain—"l r o-ho! yo-ho!"—' Of; ghosts beyond all numbering;' -

Then'.Fancy knew that Love, her lord, Stood throwing kisses overboard, His gleanings, loyalty's reward,. And smiles beyond all numbering. Tet while she gazed the jealous tido' .Ebbed out and drew the ship aside, •The lamps went out, the chorus died, ' And Love turned seaward, slumbering. :V -A.. in the "Daily News;"{ ■-• THE.AETIST AND'hIS VISION. " I may not climb so far, so high, • But:. : since I know thou art, ' •No shadow stays,.that.fails.upon : . That, sunlit path apart. ■' '~ ■.••■: \" Where, once beheld, remembered' grace Abides on copse-and hill, .., EemainE, r ± through:." varying"- suns and ■ ~'. moons, '"■ ". A brooding.splendour still. ■ Divine, remote, aloof, alone,' Tet. soul,of all that is ■One noteless.unit of tho throng In spirit claims thee. his. . . : ..;../ i'And seeks ."thee through ■ the - miits that shwud. -.-. *' . ";.' ". '".' ■ ■'' Thejsemblance. that appears, - Through chance and,.change and circumstance,','- i ■ "' ':■■':'. '. ■ Andv.life's:estranging years. :..■ ~ " . v""';± ■''■>«■-, -"*>', ;>-M.W.F.-