POETRY, OLD AND NEW.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13844, 2 September 1908, Page 9

POETRY, OLD AND NEW.

——.—-*»——— " WHEN DEATH SHALL TO THE "DUST." ; , When Death shall to the dust; this frame consign, And all my hopes lie slinttei'd with my fears, Oh, pity, if you choose, the struggling • years The while you stretch me out on -Kohy's shrine: Say, "Here he lies who bootless fought with ' " : Fame, "■> Bruis'd with Ambition's aelf-inflioled blows; , Himself his most Implacable of foes. . His: sins were mostly wrought in Friendship's ■ ' name; , His hand was ever generous when he had, No piteous story seared: his heart In vain, Humanity with him was kindness mad, For cloaklefe oft he batfcl'd with the rain While some frail beggar, friendless and forlorn, Wrapp'd in his mantle, laugh'd the rain to Bcorn. i' 7 —AND Lambib. , HYMN TO THE NIGHT. I heard the trailing garments of the Night. Sweep through her marble halls I' saw her sabie skirts all fringed with light. From lib celestial walls. I felt her .presence, by each spell of might. Stoop o'er me from above; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. t I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manilold, soft chimes. That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, bike some old poet's rhymes, j -Vl :• .. • j 0 holy Night! from thee I learn to bear . What man. has borne before: Thou Invest, tliv finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more. Peace I Peace I Ortes-like I breathe this prayer; Descend " with broad-winged' flight, ' The welcome, tho thrice-prayer for, the jnost fair, The best beloved Night 1 —Longfellow. j SOLITUDE. Happy tho' man, , whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native- air In his oA'n ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, • Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in .summer yield him shade, ' . in winter lire. Blest, who can unconcern'diy find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body, pence of mind, Quiet by day. : Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mix'd, sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please ■ With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus uulanienied let hie die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. V —A. POPB. ADMIRALS ALL. Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake, Here's to the bold and free, , But bow shall we take the Neptuno cake When the light's not on the sea? • Admirals all tor England's sake, ' Honour be yours and fame. But How shall we make the record break As the ' Germans play the game? Admirals all for England's sake, But I twist the verse awry, To ask bow we are to rule the- sea When the Germans rule the sky. Admirals all they said their say, The echoes are ringing still, Though Fisher has. sworn to have his way, And Beresford works his will. But they left ti« a kingdom those Can take Who have risen above the sea. To look down on the rightful sons of Blake, And the Rodneys yet to be. ; Admirals all for England's sake, • But I twist the verse awry, . To ask how we are to rule the sea When the Germans rule -the sky. " Dagwet," in the Referee. , C ■ V-: - V v." ti' ' ■> . '.'r.:--. '