VAGRANT VERSE
SPADE AND SWORD. What lovely dark, blue flames, O Spade, Shine in thy steel so bright: See how the shadows smoke and play; How thou hast laboured, year by year, To reach this silver day. But thou, poor shining Sword, must wait Till sloth and idleness Can tell the world that splendid story: Nothing but rust, a bloodless rust, Shall cover thee with glory. —By W. H. Davies in The Spectator (London).
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Southland Times, Issue 21196, 24 September 1930, Page 4
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74VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 21196, 24 September 1930, Page 4
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