Poets' Cor tier

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 14

Poets' Cor tier

PYGMALION (Written for The San.J He laid his chisel by with trembling hand; Dusted his Ungers; knelt before the stand Whereon she gleamed in the fastfading light. Not all the wild syringas were more white That weave a cloak of gentle blossoming To clothe the hiils of Corinth in the Spring. He kneels ecstatic, with his upward gaze A silent sonnet in his lady's praise. Within his heart commingle hope, despair; And from his lips an oft-repeated prayer Pierces the darkening confines of the room And wings upward into the gathering gloom. Do the gods hear him, who were deaf till now? Or do those eyes smile 'neath the marble brow? Does his mind break with madness born of love, Or do those lips, those arms, those white feet move? She left him when she'd been two years his wife. (“Why should I live with him—badtempered, vain? One lives in Delphi, loves me more than life.'') Pygmalion took his chisel up again. I. M . WITHERS. Duvauchelles. THE CITY CLERK (Written for THE SUN) He plods along the city street 'With downcast eyes, and deadened feet. H'Al buildings rise on every side S.nd clouds of smoke the heavens hide. Poor little man! In so much din He only secs the street he's in. J. IT. England-

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP AUCKLAND BRANCH MEETS The Auckland branch of the Dickens Fellowship held its third annual meeting at “The Castle” (Wemmick’s) last evening. The Rev. A. B. Chappell presided. It was reported that during last year the membership grew* to nearly 100. Officers were elected as follow: President, Rev. A. B. Chappell (reelected) : vice-presidents, Mrs. Ivenneth Gordon, Miss Statliam, Messrs. W. E. Arey, T. Clarkson. G. G. Grant, and F. S. T. Little; secretary, Mrs. Culpan; treasurer, Mr. J. W. Kealy; committee, Mrs. J. D’Authreau, Miss Robinson, Messrs. Preston Chambers and E. Kidson; auditor, Mr. IT. C. Robinson. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the retiring secretary, Mr. W. Mervyn Lusty, who, owing to ill-health, declined renomination for that office. A programme for the coming season was arranged by the executive. The first evening will be devoted to “Our Mutual Friend.”