Verse--Old & New

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18355, 24 March 1934, Page 9

Verse--Old & New

Life. She bore three sons. “ Had I borne none,” she said; “ T had not known. ( I had not died Three times, yet lain not dead.” She- found one love. “ llad I found none,” she said, ‘ ‘ I had not been. I had not known J never could lie dead.” Philip Suttill, in London Observer. Elgar. His music now is hushed, and never more, But as some echo from the Muses’ seat, Shall it be heard again. The last note played, The symphony complete. And now within the Muses’ hall ol fame Amongst the glorious great, who tier on tier Forgather there from all the earth, he stands With Handel standing near. —Harold Denning, in Sydney Morning Herald. Actual. This day is good for I have seen A wind that mowed the final green, A rocky stream where leaves had been. This day is good, because the cold Is grey, and all the scattered gold Has crumpled; earth lies dark and bare; Even the birds are black that faro . On ragged wings through pewter air. This day is good to taste and touch: It has a sturdy flavor such As summer does not proffer much The richness of the year has flown: This day stands starkly and alone, As honest and as staunch as stone. —Frances Frost, in tho North American Review. Menace. Let us shut out the night. It comes too close. The waves of darkness beat against the door, And all that guards us is the little ■ light Of candles. When outside, Murmurs the sound of that unearthly sea that comes again to vex our earthly shore, The whole world grows inimitably vast, The fields stretch out to empty nothingness: The trees reach up — Beyond our human sight their branches sway From an incredible' past The starlight comes. . And as our last defence Against the threat of unimagined space Lies the dim barrier of the Milky Way. —Agncs-Mary Lawrence, in the Sunday Times.