VERSES

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 19

VERSES

NATURE I seek you in the forest cool, ■ O you, my fairest lady. 1 see you in the stilly pool, . And in the byways shady. For in and out you weave your spell—- . '.l'ho spider’s wpb all dewy— And in the pearly oyster slfell, i As in the song of tui. !, You are the chanter of my dreams. O you, Elusive Lady— Yours is the hand in all the schemes—- . The smile of every baby. ■ I always will your suitor be—--0 mistress of the deepest sea. —John Holmwood, Dunedin., K WARWICK CASTLE Turrets loom above the trees, • Parapets . are sheer; ■ Peacocks pace the terraces, Haughtily austere. Armour gleams on darkened walls; Fading -portraits glare, ' Shadows grey the ancient halls, Dungeon, moat, and stair. Does a golden lady sleep In the tower room, : Undisturbed, though ages-creep, ■ Tiptoe, through the gloom? —Frances Warner Stoakley, California. WINTER FIRE How bleak and cold the air is now— The sun has never, left his bed: He has a thick grey blanket pulled All over his shoulders and head. Big birds that only have one cry, And little birds with perfect songs, Are silent all, and work their wings / Much faster, than they work their tongues. : ~ ' I’ll turn that black-faced nigger, Coal, Into an Indian painted red; ' ■ And let him dance and fire wild shots Into the chimney overhead. ’ —W. H: Davies. ,