VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 906, 27 August 1910, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

" A SONG. .' .:/.'.■ As tho song of a bird'in May : f:\-i-. -...' . Shall my song be,' ? ; '-'. ',' That close in a brake all day 1-Vv' 1 ' Sits bowored and sings; . '■■. 1; : V;1 A there in his.chosen homo ; /.'/,■;'.';'■:■•: -1 To his mnte pipes he,'" "■ ' V'v.:- : ';..:-,;-,fNor cares for- a while to roam ' si-1 ;■ ,Q n . travelling wings. . . :'.,i-,■'■ .Only to.sing unseen . : >V . '.'ls.now his thought,. r .'-.;./: Beneath and around him green, "■.?'.;.'.' i Anil tho blue above; :J ■....; Winter is overpast, /'."'■■ .'ji And he cares nought,• .'".■'■■ ~.;. .But rested;in.peace; at last \ ■;:;,;:■ Has found his love. •\' ]\ ■'•,, Far'.have'lvroaihedj how far! : ."'-:• -And might -not rest; , -.- v. 'V :'' .'long.have Tsought my star, /.:"'•'." In vain how long! ■'• .. .... 'Now having found, my way, ■ •■'-.■ : .?.■;.:i My love, my nest, .... . . . ■ .', , ' As' the song of a bird in Hay a .. ! '. Shall be my,'sons.. :, "W •,.... —Walter Headlatn. 1 1.1 •'■ . I loosed an'larrow' from my' bow- '"'.'." Down into the world below; , '":. Thinking—"This'will-surely dart, . 'iGuided by nvy. guiding fate, '■ • .-tV. Into the malignant heart ,; -Of-the person whom I-hate." .''.'' /',' So by hatred feathered, well' ;:■'.;,' Swift the flashing arrow..; fell: ■' . i•' • ■,•'■■ And I saw.it froni.above .'Disappear, -.. '■:.-;'. ..>"".: , : Cleaving ; sh'ee^'■';:■ >'. Through the only heart; I love. Such., the' guard -my:, angels'-keep!, -';.'i.;:'-.- vßnt.myr'foe is, guarded well:-, ■' 'I;have slain my,love and weep '.- , .; ;, Tears;of blood, whilo.he, asleep, ',- ;." Does not, know ■an arrow fell. ■L"X"! j-Jtames'Stephens,!'in■• the "Spectator." I'ballad ;of the BROWN.SAILORM ill' ;;'.-l'i .'".■;•.;"' MAN.-; -'_- .. ;';'. " ; .; -■ . .'. : -{ ' " : "6 J Sailornian, ; browiv Sailorman, whence 1 '-! ; '■';..•■' come you with.your load?"— ; ••.-'?■''.lvQ'er heaving' tracks of blucy-green where ■■ ' : . no man. sees "the road"—. ::■.' 1: .-••. "Your, load that hints of far-off, lands, gay , 1, •'. colours and romance, . Dark eyes, and twilight beauties 'such as' ;r, .; y-->'■ Move the moonlit dance." '.' I'.l' "O maiden; fresh',and. .comely,. with your ..-1' ;!■".';'. checks of'ensign-hue"—l ■'.-■. ;.■ flatter ; ribt,;brown Sailorman; be f■■-■■'-.'-'■!'lsiniple and be true''— ' .''. . ' . ' V.'. >Rbni East :to West,; the .; world around ~'.:; r , wei. trimmed''our slatting sails, >. Till, scarce a yard .of. canvas stood to meet 1' \■ ■"'- '•',: yV^ '.freshening gales.'- ;\ . ~.' 1.; ■fO fceanian,'tell :.m"e 'truly now what.m'aids .(. ..'.'you'sought to.woo"—..' '•:-'•;' •'. >,'■ "We Icome.'from .'shores..where ne'er are •"■'■';,•'*"'"'seen such'lovely maids; as'you"—. "'!*'• "Por it is said .'that sailorraen have sweet : : ; ■■'■'S '•'"' by'.the "score, '".' '- ■'■'■■■-■ -; ' *'~,'A new .one in-each port they touch from ; ,;, i'{'.;. '■.; "<';.,■! Cnina to] thVJJpre."'•'. i;:'; •• I'--■'■.'! ;-.! \!**We'have scudded'under pole's as bare as "•, •■'■■ -'ii'-'vour beauteous.brow"— - ;"-fV?I fear "that 'Neptune's, taught to you-a ' : ; i':i ■■■'■ courtier's fickle vow"— ■ '■'.". . /' ■'-: V • fßebalmdd' we, lay three tropic, weeks, .'.':'.'.'... '.-with only thoughts of you,' ~ ' 1 '•'■.. And sweet remembrances of home.to help ';.'■'■■'•!■- .-'us bear, them'through.",..' : . 1 '*jes, Sailorman,: brown Sailorman; w'o. ■■ "i know the tales you : tell"— : ''■ cannot know that which you doubt, r/ y ".'i : -my sancy.English Nell' V■■'■•, ."'■■'' "When home, you come a-sailing, from the loves you leave.behind, , ; . .■,; I. In those far-off Eastern harbours, .where ";. . -' .an incense fills each wind." '■''■ -fTon know we ride the great seas round '' -' .(■,'for .England's daughters'sake"— ' .. : "And 'yet ihow/oft,' by riding nn.' -those * ; ■•'■', 1 1 daughters', hearts you; break"— ' ," '....'ffNay, blame uS'.nbt... Do-we not'know the ■~'"■.;•■.' glare" of desolate'skies, ;,'■;■''.'.- '.'': With, naught but them' and savage seas / '1. .'.to'meet our aching-eyes?"' . ._ -'

.-,'■' •"Chijej'chide'rio more,".brown Sailorman; : V■■•,' •■'-:'.,:'• we-Know/ your hearts: of steel"— t> : "And we 'the'worth; of England's daugh- ..' -;. ',': , ters,.with their,love of honest weal." :.-■'■;'•■'•"So here's unto" the' Sailoririan,.'his love,' .;."- U his islaod-hdme; . ■':',■-.'. . --'•'■ j- Tor.whom.arid which he ploughs ; ,: In tropic lieatj in Arctic breeze—-. ' . ',-'. : His,love, his "island-home;'...'..:. ... ..i ' : His island-home,'.'his' islond-home, ' } '■'■~ , -.His,island-home,arid love!" , ■ '.. ! '-',' •-J, 'B. Patterson, in the "Westminster .-■".'..!■■•'■'■■ '.>'.-';•,', V\ ■.':?;,■ > Gnzette:'";.- ■ ■;'■■.■■"■ '' '■'.. ,-■• ' ■r : , -;.; : ; -..", >cojnNG- back" ,/■; :• • '■.-'■ ;-.'■'?'. "White fingers froni the mist-ericharited '',-■■ ■"■' ..-meads",' z;-' .': .■ -'.'■- ■•■.■.".".■-.'. ■"'■'. •.'■ ■ '. Beckon ris ; home; the day ,dies,' and is x .: .-" = - •.:" -"still j-'. : ; " ■>- =■;-.--■,- " ; ,-Si.-- .:■ ' ■' • .. '; Softly clear, Itchen sways his Jorig-haircd /] \ ;■;'■;' weeds; ' . ''"•■".■' .-'■ '' ■':",'■' : Cool. darkness wraps our green oft- ' V',.,; ,; : ., trodden 'hill. ; ~..'■■,. -: : - ;'■'. '.' , ; .■ 10-day we -marvelled .at .five hundred ■.-.:'.'■ -.'.' years -. : - ;• •■ .-' '•.. i .. .■- ■" '".■.-. ..-' :':.i :Caught'in.the'mirror of an afternoon, 1 :-..■: The round'of playtime,-worktime, friend,'r .;."•; ship,,tears, : :.;.'■■'• ;-. ' : -' The. glorious haste'.we shared,' arid lost \ ..' :too soon. , : : i. '-• ■■'■, . ... •-. ■■, > V - We traco again, with slow memorial feet .'. ' i Grey naven court and cloister,' Chapel, :;■ ' School, '■-■ ■■:■ •-. , -.- ■■.■■•:• • New laughter, sounds about us through ..-.., '■■■":' the street, '■~■,■!'. "'■'■■ ' '.- .'■ A new year's leaves, droop to the ndW .- ' '.stream's pool;.; ■•, :. : ;- ,' : : . - Deep-carven. riairies, -proud words abdvo " .the dead,: ; ' ' •, . - . : y.ii ~Stones da'rkwith.fallen honey from'the , :..: 'j-.f;-. ■;•.' limes, ■:-•''/■ ,•.'•'.-;.. ■;■"■/ ';■..;■ .. ~ .'-. ■-.Sun-shadows',on 'the',grass,..roofs burnt ■■':' i' :to red ; : ".,'.' ,-''•" '.•■■"•■. '/:, ■ . ' ■ '"•'ln,ancient sunsets murical with chimes, •;■■"■■.' These'.call us back: but they'who filled ■. '. ■■■ our days ;•''■' ' ; ' .'Have passed on elder, farther jour- .: rieyings;" , ' : ' -."-- Only we , take for' heritage' old ways,' ... Old sceirts, old sounds, slight and iin- . . -.','•. changeful, things; - \ .' —Michael Heseltine, in the "Natiun."