VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 10

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

'"'. ;. "WILD ifEUIT. .".•..-" ;■';.;■. Mino's'but a syrinx, rough, ■ '..■'. ':■'■'■ ::.' ■ ; Won frpm-a reed-bed by. an' unknown ;';.:■. driver, ..-■■ TVoiild that it ivorof enough ~ .' ',iV mako one Tieart throb or brie eyelid .'.-"._/."-_ ..-.-"• quiver;..'•: ■•..■•..■•'■■.■'...;:•■• ; ;;. : . But here's no soug.of'might,' No thunder; from the height. 'Ifine's hut alfrail of rushes ;. ',-.:•.■• Filled with .wild-berries from, a'lonely .". ...' ' -path • ■.'■".: .-''.■Gathered-'iff humble bushes. ' ■ From no' : sweet, " sunshine-haunted, ": golden garth . . ■>~ .'. They come. No treasure these . ;■-■:'. Of far Hesperides. ■:. '■ And yet fully many a thorn;,' ''.'■'. :/ ■ Hid in tho'tangled boughs whence they were. brought. = I have ..been stabbed, and torn:' ■•■ Even for these uncultured fruits .1 fought. ■ . Taste, ere with coming night ■-.■'';'■'. '~: They; arc forgotten quite. •'•' >V-"' : .';i : '•.'■•■' . ' -Eden Philpotts.. -THE. SUNSHINE OF A SMILE. ;. ; She sat beside mo in the square to-day, ' •^; ;;A.littlo.slcnder woman,:thin and, pale, With garments worn and old. She .;■■ '..'.seamed too; frail : ,. To wrestle .with lifo's strenuous affray,— '. Yet w-6re her clear blue eyes alight'and ;'■'■. '■.■&*•< " ' -.-' y' : :' And.courage and high hope, behind the : ;;■.'.;■';,;- '. veil- ...' • ';- Of h-jr.tired, brow, outweighed tho '■;-',■;..' ••-. unequal scale' . . ; Ofpain and poverty that round her.lay.;. .•'•.Then when she, rose-to leave-.'she smiled v;. . and bade .-'..- •.-•■' . , :: "Good-day" to me,—and ■". as tho sun■;Vv-'.'.-' , beams dart '.'■;.. • '-',' Through sullen-pools, and dimple all the :•'■■■ shade . . ;-..■' .■'..'..-,;■ .!. ; With; golden rays, that new sweet life impart, ■ . .'■ i ~.■'. : . 60 gleamed her, smile, all day with me, '....'.-: and stayed, .-■■'-. ■ ; ■..'.'•-'.A, little .patch of sunshine in', my '. , i .'; heart. ..■'■■.,-. ' .■. ;,— lua il-'Stenning,. in the "Westniin- ' . $ter Gazette." ;. .'.. '■■;)■■■■' > ~",':; ; LOVE'S: PARADOXES.';' Girl.of the'aching heart, 1 girl of the happy •"■ .■;'" "eyes, .;'" ■'_',- ';■..;■ v ~.',.; ''~.\. •■: ■"' ■", Shall I say my say, and will you deem •..-.:■•■.' jt wise? .-.. . '. -"■ . -■'.■■'• ! ■. iTou; have'given your heart, its.'hopes, ' and. the joys that be: • .'. ; ; Lo!. your,eyes . are : glad—heart-less is : , . : , heart-free!. •'■..■•■'■:, . ■■ ,Ton havo' given your, heart, and" all the ] ; ; ' tears thereof: -. ' ■ .' .' • ~ ; Lo! your.*heart is'sad—heapt-less ; is quick ': , .with love!; .:; ..'■;'. '," :,;,,':-. , '! -Tou have, given 'your heart—Love returned 1 .'-;■. you. twain; ;' <.• ■.. . Throb' of-your .heart; and his, sweet of "' V. his heartland pain;' ■'■'■"■;-'■;'.■. ■;..'. '

. Doubt.of his little heart,.hope of-, yours, i infinite: •!.- -.When he.-.gave? i: 'y.ou.''his, 'yours, was en- • shrined in. it! ... , 'Now;have I, said my v . say.' Is my savin!: wise?— - - ■ -,' You of the hoping heart, you of the misty .; ...eyes! '" - ;■ . —Francis. Ifeyn'eU, in. tho ."Westminster Gazette'.'- ■; , sjuni ..' iri'lrn, >