VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

' j THE DEEAIf. 'i ' ® 2Ci : 's'/$& CProm the Trench.) •; i; jSThen tho lengthening' shadows creep I 'Softly o'<r the. western foam in-.-[When tho hills grow full of sleep,: -;' And tho wearied birds wing homo; ' (Then ia drqams yon steal to mo, v-iWaajr':of;lifo's r lpud'-alarms;, l 'C,','? IJtnd I tako you tenderly, 'And'-you'Mstlo .in my anr.s. -' (Then tho■ timid> stars creep out, -Trembling in the circling eky; ■ pjat you-know-nor fear nor doubt, . • \.And you. neither, move nor sigh; ;:■> .jjQl night long you 6tay with me, i Till the clamorous mavis ones flo-tho sunrise: from; her. tree: I At her voico- the vision flies! . ' 'TJi-5.," in tho "Glasgow Herald." "TO' A DEAD CHILD, v . bfei> are far away from mo, So they call you dead! iEnow. thoy not yo4. • found the-' key To all life instead? pou wsro beautiful and wild, • ! Tot with wisdom lit; ' ffiflrilo the visions of a.-child , ' Mado you oxquisite. ' SSnd your soul divinely bright , -■ Liko a lily grew; : iSfcuiding in transparent light .. •Against heavens blue. <v')S> yon. went .away! " Thoso dear- v And "celestial eyes •'.Could,not'meet.the-dariiess hero! : . I Are not angels wise? f , I'—Elogricinr> Norton. in . thn' "Wfct-mrh. " THE WEISH SEA. _ - - ■ '■■ J Heroxlike a green and golden saaia : . k,: ■'The'; twisting .waters "flow, ••tAnd whisper how" the dead men wake • • t Who. died too ' long ago ••'•.• ' 7- : i For.us to caro' or. know. .;/V: • Jtoid. here, o.dreamer, you may tract,' - : piWhen all the waters shin e, / : "-~Y ;■ , : :V~ • JGravcd on the dark sea's jewels face, ' .'. "V A faint and fearful-sign,' . , -|!i The.;Old. Embankment line .7'■;: fend you may learn of Byfed's reign,. .. IjiAnd sing: Nemedian'tales. : ' .; : •.. )Of kings whb'rowed on ships from Spain, '■ • And .lent thorr. swords to Wales; v : listen, :for Evening pales;. faston, -for'they of ghostly speech, Who died .when Christ was borni v. . danco upon tho golden beach That once was golden corn", ■ , s "And wind their battle horn. JEstco.' for : Ocean moans and stirs - -X'p I' And 'a 'thousand ' eves, ; ■ ''' lAnd she •will tell yon how. the years . Eevedl--.their mysteries l ;: r . - ! To Oceans, who are wiso. ; ••' \—Jame| ; i)lroy. Sleeker, in the "Nation."' ■ '/ ' ■ LTTIMBT. S Dair heart—Sweetheart— ' / ;; , Time'that little-children Ifeep into, their, mothors' arms,-' to wait ■. - Sleep's "silent .call. ■ : v ,• .' .; • • Sweetheart—Dear. licart—' ' ■ '-'.". y-• AU'tho littlo children' ■.' ; . . •. Hast'the;Moon' find sleeping when' she mounts Heaven's wall! . ' : '--;-;Dear . heart—Swcctheaii— ..% Over little children, .! "v?Vv '\ i: . JifeSTthey 'dream their white, whito drcams; . the ,of Lovo aro - pressed. - - ;'. ; Sweetheart—Dear, heart— : ■: .' ... /• ..' They were- little children' . . . JiWhom the Blessed.'. Child' of Bethlehem f/:loTCd> : :best;5 s r. . . V %: Dear heartVSwMtheait—• • ' :;!{;fAJlCthe' littie><^ildrcn'^V ; : M' Eome from Love ■ and igo to. Love, when . ./' .; life's long day is done; ■. " V ( v . : : - '. 'i ' SiVeetheart—Dear, heart— ." | All-'iro little.children, i .sv ' ' . Enshcd'.at '.last on Nature's';, bosom ,ono ; ;v: ; oneA:j'; : ; : ;v- - ;.. . . . —Erances Bartlett,'. in/"Boston' Tran-