VERSES NEW AND OLD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 12

VERSES NEW AND OLD.

THE* WATCH BELOW. The 'bell 'has sounded'.and the watch is done, i- Tho dawn enlightens all tho darkened "■ -That-cold relentless friend l of such'as we— : - .Tho-bell'haa sonnded.-brother: soon:tho sun. : :<> ;; No more to. stare on dreary sheets of foam, iNo fmoro to -scan'the-stars wise, • .- . JJo more,to clamber riggings hard with ice; .'i Lo! :on i the V.port ■ repeat -the lights of home,, OK, TTe fwore ■ wea'ry, weary, and* the 'best. . , -i ■ Tli&t - life.-could-give us 'was to plough tho Inain » Through'tho'Wide night till dawn loomed up - v But' God; at last has covered us with rest. ~ (The bell has Bounded,,'tis : the watch's knell; v;, . 'Let us make haste'below, where it is worm, . :v: T; . Out of ji'the cold and. fog, the ■ dark and i/.'-'".'i'i ffhe-bell,has sounded, • brothers. All is well. ... Vincent o'Sull/van,«in the "Academy." "THE EMPIRE BUILDERS And not...where navies chnrn tho foam, Nor "called to fields • of - fierce surprise; In'many &' country cottage-home - . ■' ■ .< -The/Empire-builder; lives and: dies:. ... i Or.Uhrifign ,-the roaring.-street he goes,' .. v A ltfan'and weaiy City slave, . ; , -The ' conqueror- of a thousand foes— " Who unhtcdcd, -to his .grave, ■ leaders "unknown, ofhopes forlorn;' , 'Go"past us in'the daily mart, , iWuh'tnahy a'shadowy'crown of tjiorn : i" • : .. 'a-kingly.;broken -heart.■ .... in' ."Forty Singing Seamen,' 'and Other Poeiis" 1 ~ 7 THE rFAIR FOUNDLING. D&wa, ! the "lone-gardener,/ raising: -his silver ' 'sheMfs, I ■:_Has l 'ch'pt'theolTrstered.clomatis::of'Night, :. :.- I 'will walk'Jendtrly.'ltst on-her-fAllen: tears 'Myrfeet'alight... ■ '■ [ t ... !AJoft its .liroiid iiiataifsho the tawny 'lily Jiffs, - "i: .. .' . it The hollyhdcli forth '.Its taptetfy, ■ • Not from white rises flutter looso their petalvw&Sci.driftsi .'i , 1 i Forlorn r to me. s ' . jTha-liees-that'chafrer'merchandise-from hour , to hour ■ : "(Gild-duit of- eveiiih'g primrose, "woodbine, t , TVTyrrh), ; . Bustle r upffh >the %aking 'threshold of "each _ _ floWer | .. . './.j; .'^heir.robe'S'of'fifr. . K-.Oh,^ttrk/'fhis ;foundlingifslfeejiiiig/.rffroia/ thei • sun's view hid, ( •• v : niribrous:'sighVitlio'mignonette; l . Surely .from. Chloe's/bosom ,yestereven *slid ; ' '• .. This violet. -v.. •'.'/!';••• : U' ' Shall 'T with my lips oherishing herself in f n"dt' : ifs y ' ■ .-.Tired-blossom,-'die.- ' ' —"Pnll Mall Gazette." s