MADONNA.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 11

MADONNA.

The slo'ping stre<>t .ran doivri a little hill vAiid "touched 'the tide; •■ • ■' ■ {The clustered i tbwn was lying warm and still ! ,' •By tbe waterside., I wandered up. amid tho noonday heat : -humble doors, - ". [Where ileafy; shadow lay on path and . seat . '-f'And. open .-floors. ..... -.- tiny' : toWii'it'' was^of-'.yonow-:walls -'".v-ft-SFor toiling!-folliy.- s ..v. ■ »',L" ■Where riveri boom arid' hurrying engine-calls: ,:it : .-/Tho silenoO'r.broke.-v ■ .. JJut liko a vision-on the Barrow way, .Divinely, sweet, '■ ■ ■ SVithinitho mother's arms a baby lay r! . : . .'Beside;;tho Twas under shadow of tho maple boughs ! - •/. Sho .sat at,rest, ~v.\'. JL lowly mothet r by 'her'simplo'liousoj ■ i • Her oabo'aV"'breast; / !/.•••' H. slender 'matron of a scoro-of years, . ....jj■ :>iSAVith-z-soft'black ,-eyes;. >..» »:•. Full fears , . fi'-.• •• YoVmgtniotUer ; .mSoui bae ,h • Bendiag,' : she''®?d ■ii^bllHlio^liistfe , '"heatl ) - - ■:!. ■■MNdr' heard a sound;- : Her lips,"'drawn up to bless,- were .tender red ■,f.' .And kissing-round. ,■ i But faifife'than her,'cheek's autumnal'rose, - •• -fe r ''A'pal<rsweet- glow . Lay. round her, as if wings in-yrhitc. reposo., . ■;i; Guarded her so. . . Most like it was the magic colour made ~ By some old brush: !A lialo'like ; 'ii light' within ashadoj A holy hush! ' ILtA I—what; though the.:.-; ; steaming>rmills awoko • : " heated air?''''-■ v — [What ' though the .rattling- engine - through : ' tho smoke . . Mado cclio there? —■ , I crossed-the barrier yoars and won tlio land 1 . . Of tenderest-art, And knew tho golden mastors hand to hand . " And heart to heart. . —HARRISON S. MORRIS.