LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES.
VERSE. THE DEAD. Wlioare the Dead? Ajb they the souls who, questing, forth ' have fared Through the loose doors of their frail tenements? .Who tarried not for staff, nor wine, nor bread ? .Who to the stress of Night their bosoms bared, Despite our hitter tears, our fond laments? Are they the Dead? ' Who aro the Dead? Are they the souls " who, from their larger view, , Regard with quiet eyes our foolish ways ? Marvel that wo should seek to stay, instead Of speeding thera to their environs new ? And smile to see the sepulchres we raise ? Are they the Dead ? Who are the Dead? Say, rather, are not we in full-sensed life. • . Bound by our sickly fears, our outworn creeds That strangely speak of faith—we, who are led Apart from Love, by selfish aims and strife, ' Stifled, enslaved, undone by our misdeeds— Axe not we Dead ■ —Adelaide Guthrie, in the "Outlook-."
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14523, 19 August 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)
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154LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14523, 19 August 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)
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