REDITUS VERIS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 888, 6 August 1910, Page 9

REDITUS VERIS.

v Sail Heart and wcarn brain—they cried to- , you, .. - ' Nor cried in vain, ;! .For comfort in -'old :sorrow ever new,_. ' - For ease in grip of unforgetting pain; !" Griefs' that at', heel of' bold and overt ; ; cares : ' : ,V .'' , j ) Witt sly, still,-jackal paw steal round the i ; ! v ■ catnp /■ Of pale Endurance, -and at unawares Ambush the haggard watch of sleepless ireyes. !;; : Ihen •• through the unprobed ; dark—ah, sweet and wise! Tour pity lit alamp, a little lamp, u .With secret, tears and tenderness and. ruth j -; For.fragrant.oil;to:burn, Such.as once ; ■.;. . '■love " i For\'ward and " worship, altar and :i . ..watch-fire .'kept : Y ; ij 'Ablaze; the dread, the dart, suspect, lirij;:: couth, •. i: ■ ■ . Shrank back, . nor. through' that luminV.-; ous ring dared-movo. . . 1; ."Where love ;kept- ..ward,_ H arid lovers ; fearless.' slept:'i ; .":'%-;:","Hv ,Sad; heart weary brain—they came ji" to you'. '•■.'» , < When April rain ■ • *!'.{fentled the. unkind air; .the lost, sun .'. drew.' New- life to play at hide-and-seek A • "/again : Down : the' shrunk. ways that stretch from ! dryad" heart. ;.'. r .'" . To each last twig, dull-tipped with barren pearls • . ■ Waiting the touch o£ the. Great Jeweller s r ; art, ... .. In your heart, .too,. brimmed springtide, • overflowed. ' _ . . Bichly on' mine; for April sun bestowed, . Compassion,. that r .,the fast-clinched ! ! ; V" : . bud unfurls .' . •' Of frozen .hope';, : fo'r April sun .the glow .That is,, youth's- sfclf pulsing np through the touch ' v: ■ Of comfort-laden.hands, or.looks' that thrill i i o,' • ■ ;V '" Falling, from understanding, eyes, and lo! .The.numb ..heart stirred; grief .half re- ;!•'' laxed her clutch; \ - - The' wine of :life renewed the nerve-. . less will. -.V ' : |{ in the "Westminster Gazette."