BOOKS AND AUTHOURS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHOURS.

,;.;; : • V' 1 VERSES OLD AMD NEW. ■'.'' -■,:/;;:; AJDREAM.IN. NOVEMBEKI : ..;/■ IFnr, far.away, I know not where, I know ';;.:.:. .■ ' ; ,riot how, ''■'■■ •■•''■: ' ' The skies are gray, the; boughs are bare, . '■' •' /'bare 'boughs:in'.'flower.; j., v .. ...'>■;.'■ - ,■. Mng'-/lilac.'silk- is''sbftly-: -drawn ;from ' bough to'bough,:-■ ■•'■'.. ;.■-, ,/ /...With flowewof milk, and buds of fawn, 'h' ;.,::;', Vabroidered shower. /, ;- ; : : . .. .Beneath that.tent an Empress sits, with ■•'■•,'."/-'■'■ ■'':"■ slanted eyes,'-,.. . i/, /.:/ And;wafts of; scent from censers flit, J/./: - /.a lilaovflood; -■ ' .•> •;v.-.-'-. v '.-:".ifabund'lier.-thro.n©.;-Wcioin peach and plum; |; -'.'-'-•'•'.":..•'. vin lacquered/dyes,/,. . ■/,:.■.-'■■■. ' >;■, - Arid! ;many; x aj/blbftn chrysanthemum, ,:" /;/. ' : . ■"-'...• '■'.- ; , T <iJhe sits and.dreams, while-lonzes twain fT-, strike some.rich bell, Whose music seems a metal rain of ra■diant dye; • *: ■ ; -fn this strange birth of various/blooms, .;. ; /-.I cannot:tell/ :':: ■"' ;. '""".'■ .•:.': -i,Wßch sprang from earth, which slipped ;V ':';', ;i 'from looms, which; sank from sky.' V her.wings of, lilac dim, in robes '.-;;,-.'':/.'',of blue, ;'-.-:!'/ •;; ■.-. ..- '''■-;,.■"•• ~ ; ..'.-..The'Empress "sings a, wordless hymn. N /{ .'■: . thrills her'rbo.wer; ;, . . :../, ■■' My; trance;-nnwcavesj ¥ arid;, winds, and ;•-'.- . .-';. ; ',;'shre"ds,;':and';weaves anew, :.,':': Dirk ;bron«e, ; bright leaves,; pure silken /'./',';'■ : , threads/, in /triple flower. •;-'• '/ ;';.; '■• ■:''■■] ...'/; . ;'•';' '-.•■-/;;,. ;—Edmund Gosse, ' .'://-- : ;:/' : ':'// ■ '-- ; . : 'song.';;''.''■.'■■ . /.} : V v open-%air,' '. v ;': But stuffy rooms ; ands blazing "fires /. '. : ; -And mirrors with',.familiar, stiire ;. ,;.'.; Cloak andbefoiil my high desires. ::■■-.;,..•/..'frhe.dearest "day/that;l have-known !.'■■■' ■• in tho. fields' when -driving rain ' Was likoia veil 'around- ns thrown, ..':■.' ;;; 'A;;gray;i.clpie;veil abstain; ■•' ■. /::.7/;,trhe J young,.oak-treß':waS'.st.ripped.and-bare; .'; v :^^*^But;,naked. twigs. V';. •'■: ,lW!here curious, cows, cahie-rbund, to stare .-• / :,..;.;■ /: ;And,stood, astonished.fa'nd/dismayed/;:■■"' let'it be rain br;summer sun,--;i"':/..'•' ■'■■•' •; .:.-, Sniell; pf;';wet earth or;.sceht of flowers/: jLove, once: more give ■ hie/jgive me one, : . /:.Of those enchanted, lover's hours. ,//;/;.:'//;/■//;;■' :,' ' ■—Richard;Buxton. . ;.,;'• •' ;/"pBEHIND ;THE; CLOSED -BYE' tho'/bld'"frequenf;ed'':wayß .'■',-.'.'.'.. , : , .-' : -. . ... /Thatwirid around the tangled'braes;. •=''; -■• ; I ;hve" again the sunny „; day's .■;■ ,':///■; .'-.•:..-. . :; re I-ths oity knew,: ,'":,, ';-. >; .. : '. ".•; ■':■■'•■■ : ..'jA^d,scenea.6f' : bld-again;mß-Wn/.''-. 1 ; ..'i. The.woodbine lassoing : the thorn. .'■/ ', And.'drooping ; Rnth-like;."ln'the.corn' ■ ■ ■■ •■ ../.The poppies;weep the'.dowr ..-., :/' • ..:, /'Abbvemo in. their: hundred schools'; '■"' '% ■ ; The magpies bend their young to rules, .-'And like an apron, full ofjew'ls . ■"■• '■....,,;>/The dewy cobweb swings. ■'■' v ' ..' And frisking; in. the:.stream-below •'■'.:' Tho: troutlets' make the/circles .flow, ■ ■ :■:.'•'•' An'd'thb.hnngry'crane.doth'.watch--, them ;././;.;,.;:;.::,>,:." r-?■;:■■■ - -■• - s / ::/ -. /""" -/..,.As.a...smoker'ydces 'his/rings/ ~..■')■ :: .: .Abovq.me smokes the-little'town'/].'. ■With its,, whitewashed/walls arid- ; roofs of ,j '■ brown,/.. i _../ /:;:;'■.■//.;...;/. .'.\-.,;. ■','■. ■ ; iAnd its: bbtagbri .'spire' tonedl: smoothly .''••; .'■ down-.' ; '/.V •,""'.•'."'';■!/;''?-■ - : - : As,th'e'.'holy. minds within./ . 'And ,wbndrpns impudently sweet,- / '■■:'.}': .", Half, of him, passion/half .'conceit, ~'./'. The blackbird calls adbwn the street- :i -f L -.:■/ Likethe piper of Hamelin. . ; ■;'/'■ 1 j[: --I hear; hi,m, and IfeeV the lure :■.:..''■•'! .->' /.Drawing me'h'omeward to the moor.' '■■'(■. ■'': 'l .-. I'll- go,, and' : elose'- the ..mountain's door':••> I ,"'--• '■ On -the:city's' strife r etid' din. / '■■* I | ■:.. -£/,/■■' ;.tei- : E. Ledwidge):,-; , i.-;.- ../;■.:/' ••"■•; sentence. ''/;..; ■;/'■•'' ■! :'/ Shall I say that iwhat heaven ga'vo . /:/ /•-■•/-:: Earth; has :takeh'?:\ •;'/:■ ■.r-.rf-rv'---. V.. /, Or that/slee'pers'in' thegravo'."'.-'.■ /'■ . .///.Reawaken?-'/' - ,; "' .-.-'■:/.','/:''.'. -.'„■ ..-,•; One sole.sentence can I know/ -. ".-.*■-■■■■!.•''■'.- Can'!;' say:'/'/ '-,:-.'■ ~:.•■■; .You, my comrade,-had .to, go,, • '•■--. > ..-.-'•:,- :I to stay..•.-•.';'.-•-;.'■ .-".'.•'.-' ; :'..,.' . ■ ' .'—Witter. Bynner.' ' /' ■■'.V'.'V.'■ : - ''■/-. / ~.// /-,/,/:: '/'. THE DEAD AyiATOR. ' '';:/..'. It.was a sea uncharted that yon sailed, . '.-..,; Oh, Mariner, borne .by your winged './..barque.':; -•'.'. /'/Beyond far ports,: where/winds'like'sirens- -.-■: ■•■■'■ .wailed,' -' ': •-.■■■■■•■•..':. ' //.'Pastthbiflight/oflthe/lark. ■/ . "'■.-'■ - ; . 'It was a neld : pf.'sunlight,'and'of air, ''-.'"■ .-. >}. -.;: 'Oh, : Rider,'-:that'youtiniagic: steed- roam- ';->■-;•:"'■' ed-.over,—. >. ;;/.,./,..,/; ..-,..,./:',: ■.■■■. .;-;•■'. Where Clouds' were'leffc like - ; dust along - ; / : ' '/..the/glare, /'::;//:■/.:;:: •,-.; ~ :;;/ .:' /'-;;: /.And-the stars/were'like clover.; , . :.; It was a'land of nothingness and space, .'',;.. Where, Conqueror,'you entered and un-' ;. / ■//,. furled;■•/'''-'; \.[ '.'..• - -.: v /'An earthly'ensign, in a pathless place - ■ /Beyond;the certain.world,; ; .; It-'was/a stairway..that the foot-of Man ' ; /Had.never through the ages long.: as- ■/■,-■' '/-cended,'—.■ / '■•''"■•>■';•/■;.■■'■.-."■• .'■■ ■ But toward the .sun, oh, Child,: you "/./:' ■ laughed:and ran,.. :' . -. Until your, playtime/ended.. / ..," : It," was ."a: tryst you .wont /unto, oh, :. ■- '~-•. ;-.; With; Death,, your. Bride,—who.prays ■ .;./: /you fare no more : /. . . ..■■ IVom her' small house/ .";,, „ -and gives : ... ,/you grass.forjcover./j, .. /'And barsa silent door./. '.' ;' -'■,•'.."-■'■.....:',: .—Zoe_Akin.