VAGRANT VERSE
PANTOUM OF THE DUST. (Written for the Southland Times.) Here men will find the gods again when our old sad gods shall crumble . . . Will they look on this dust with disdain, being so sure where we stumble ! When our old sad gods shall crumble, when heaven is dust by the way, being so sure where we stumble, will they claim this is false that we say? When heaven is dust by the' way, (and dust is the lord of the years), Will they claim this is false that we say, “All things pass with our tears”? And dust is the lord of the years with all of Time’s riches in fee: all things pass with our tears . . . not gods nor their praises go free. With all of Time’s riches in fee dust is no beggar to shun: not gods nor their praises go free, here Jaweh and Zeus are one. Dust is no beggar to shun, dust is compact of all fair, here Jaweh and Zeus are one, here slumbers all beauty’s despair. Dust is compact of all fair: here there is praise for the dust: here slumbers all beauty’s despair, here splendours renew with each gust. Here there is praise for the dust: ‘ here men will find the gods again, here splendours renew with each gust .. . Will they look on this dust with disdain? —O. 11. Strankel. Christchurch, September, 1930.
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Southland Times, Issue 21197, 25 September 1930, Page 6
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233VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 21197, 25 September 1930, Page 6
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