BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

VERSES OLD AND NEW. y ' .a ricTUBE. ../ ;'/■. , Hot staturo waves,-as if a flowor I'orgot tho evening breeze, Bat heard .the'charioted ho\ir \ • " Sweep from tho farther seas, . V And kept sweet'.timo. within/her bower, ; And hushed mild melodies.. -. V'.Bo:grave-and delicate, .tall— - \ " • ■ Shall laughter never sweep. : 'Vliko/a;moss-guarded;waterfall;,.. 1 ;; , • . ' ; ;'' 4 her. ivory: sletpHj ,;/ ■ /A'/tendeC. laugh most musicalt • -A sigh' serenely deep?. •: ' '.''•>■* 'A '■ ' ,• ..She, lifts ,the eyelids, amethyst;: .. ' J ;:'' . And looks : from. ihalf-shut feyes, :. :■ v Reaming with'.miracles of .^mist,' . 1 r i;;. .iGrey, shadows-onjblueskies;... V £iidonher '~w:halo : face ' sunrise . kissed,- •; . Sf''Child-wdhdermehl?:'most■ wise/!.■; :' ! Crowley; ''.in -/"Amljc'rgris."-* / A ' ; ;V. ; . •I,am tho-..Wifid!-'.Jrako way!.: /-./: I '.haje; rushed-through; the darkiback 'v-:- /V. :/•';•:»-! V: Ml'-' ; ■ :/.' : Where the.dust of ages, lay, : V;- ;',. - I ,'lmve'breathed',into Aweary ;faces . ! ~\yith;a,bretttlj\frpm' the ,lleart''6f'Day; . ~ ;,'I ;have..whisp'erwl/'pf' -unknown graces ; : To the 'f/// :: I am the'/wind! Make way! '7;.•: ;; -'/ I ani- tho Wind! 1 Stand -by! ' ".. "v ;, ;.Whiiro •the.:lcave,s;pf'.,the ;| f'orest-'lie, i .v ■ -';i I' infiV.st Jetch iandv bustlo.'and carry , /' ) -V C Fr^hi : ';the-gr6und;.to .-the, ; ro6f,.of -the' sky'. ~ ■" never, have : - Hmo :t t o^ari-y, ;v . .numberlessthings to.', carry, " - lam tho .Wind: Staucl b'v!, ' ' Wind!; :^h,*'i.me|//t^;\ . V|: "■l.'-t-ave-sobbed' with the-children's i; /I/! 'I^have;laughed at,the height of 'their glee, .. ,:S / I Lave: lived jirittc: the sad and tile dying, ,'i /have: rocked'/in:/thearms -of the ..sea; ~ And, I:kn6w.^tllore;is;reason;forSsighing,; 'thrill' l with' the children's: ' ' ~;r :: I am.Uie Wind! All, me! • . iij'jj:'r~Constance7, Morgan,in.;.>thV:vf'W es t--. 1 , jninster Gazette." -- : i.-i'-v;!? ,'^.-.;--r ,v - "...r :: : f*?. ' THE PLOUGH. ■ , from Egypt,behind my oxenl',-^(th*,'their; 1 r-v-■6tately- step and slow,. '. V . i'ir Northward/ and /East' and : West I . went, ; - to.:thoi^losert.'sand-and.the■ snow;', /■.; Down :through.'th<reehturies;'orie/;byvpne,: , turning the clod to /the shower, .. -/"' . prill .th&.e , s''never,a: laud:beheath/tho:sun. .' ; ; but has blossomed behind my power. .• : ■ ■■ !; - I -did/through.the/sodden ,ric'efiel.ds.;with ; .; tmy/ grunting, liump-backed "steers, ; : ' .Ij'/I .turned/thd.itiirf '.of : the Tiber .plain/iri,; ./. Home's Imi)erial years; / / • //ifil;was left in the half-drayfi/furrow when. ;. ,!// : Corio!amis"eame ' . ' . - v :„; Giving':,his.;farm., for,,thc.'Eorum's -stir. to. " save his nation's name. • ?/'- : Over, the, seas- to the 'North I . went;/ white :bluej c ; ,;v '.-•! r y .• -And/my path was glad in the English grass as my stout red Devons drew; /./My path ivas 'glad in the .English grass, for behind;' hie/rippled" ; and {cuiled / ; :/' : /' The com that V'os life 'to /the.'s'ailor i men '',-.' that sailed the ships of the world: .And later,l.went .to.the. North.again, and ; ■ : /;-.- day by day drew' down' -/ v . /- ;^ 'A,little more -of iho-'purple/hillsito' join : ': .'. my kingdoin brown; r • ./'.://./ 'And thel.nioorj : ;'-/Ji : ' land, but the grey gulls stayed;with/mo; iV^^Where'itofl/Glydcsdnles/drum'niedii-iiatch- - ing/song;with/theiriieathered/feet'on :'ithe /l.ea;'-/i/V ; ;::; ///:/'/ V///, : /-v=»v/-/'-:/; •, /:,:^i®OT-th'e'';neTir.]aiid.s-eaile'd,me\- ; Westt"ard'. Vv /I" 1 fouii'clj/ on iwide ' to" in^-/stoutest ' a ; rfno] : • to tcst-my-pride; .: ~ , . //IBut/.jl /strerigth',to/the./stifl . .';/#: /black -lpam,;/and,/sr'foundKmy.iUabbur ~■'■'Bwe'et''^ ; i^V:-r-Then : fiifthor away.'to the' Northward; . outward and outward still : -u r, - c-/> r (But.idlp,it:crosSed'»the'-Ilockies;- ; ifor!sthere, ; lio .plough, may.; till!) t: . ; .v.; _? '. /,' •/viTill t wpn ' /;-, there ; tho Jedgo -of .the':snbiv . •'.y: //I ribbed' .them/the, 'fenceless /[.wheatfields; : '■■■ ,and!taught tlieai to ; rcap and sow. The suii ;of, /the -i Soutliiand .'cailed: me f, :1 - r turned her the /i;icli brown. lilies '/.Where her Parramatta .pe'acli .trees grow . : ■ and her green' Jtildura/vinC'S; •/;'./v/. '.v! I drove her cattle / and her' dying sheep,.-. /:•/;.; -- '' painted her rich ; plains golden and /'• , taught heir-/to/,sow-and reap. -. . . '> From.'Egypt, behind: my . oxen,. :with /: ; - stately, step; and-.slow" -. ; //.;// /;•?/ ' / I' have; carried your' weightiest burden, yo toilers that reap and sow!'. " '- •I am the Kuler, thb King, and I hoid the' .'/ :V/- : world in/fee; . v-i A/ '.■Sword upon./sword may'ring, but the , triumph shall rest with me! ' ;: I;:- .. .. /'Will. Ogilyie, in the