VERSES OLD AND NEW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 912, 3 September 1910, Page 9

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

;\.; ■.; ■ THE CONQUEST, of THE • AIR.'. V v With a ' tbuiiupi'rflrivcri heart-; ' , :\And -the. sliihmieu of. liew . wings,■ :' ■ -I; a worm, that..was,'.■upstart, ] ■■ '"-,' 'Xing' of 'kings!;- ';. ' '■'". .'■','',' :., I have: heard the'siiigiug stars,.. , . : ,,''l' have watched :'thb...sunset die, >■■- '-.As'-.1. burst .tho-.lucbht .bars \: ;■ of-:%;■ s ky;:/;-- ;;\.;,;;;,■■ a.Lo, the' argosies of, Spain,' ~: ' '~-'-. As; they ,ploughed- the naked brine .:'.Found- iio ■ heavuii-girdf.'d inaiii ' ;, - Likq'sto mini:.'-.. 'y-rSot[Twg\ii:pw\ the Rinsing' sbd.V : ' V --Fivst and it'oreinpst of, my. race, .-'■' 'S: 'IJiavw m.el. the hosts oi'.Uou". ' ; "> . ■;;;.;[; \Face::to,'-face; : .; ",'.;:. '.'.. .;'. ' • -Met tlie'..tempest and the'.galeV; "-.-. ':-■■: jWkcriv.the .white.raobn-riveii. cloud , .. .-.''.--.Wrapt- the splendour of. my sails -.-, ■ j.'. v ;.:.xi-';-'lri -a. shrou'd; :■.•'.;; :.-.'- .r.:.;/'.v.; ■:■;■' y-." ..:Wlien ; the give si of wiiitcrflecl," ':,. y. Swift ; I: followed"with tin. snow, , ;,- ■',;., 'Like'a silver 'arrbv, - ; spe,d. '■■ ';',■-..-.. - ,'. .yTrom WVbow. ■;.;.- ,-;;;'::. ;.:•■' ■'■;' .''/ :.' '■ . I;have'trailed thc-summer south; • •-;;'■'-'.''. Like'a'ilash of'buruishe<l gold ■'■; \ '-.-' -';Whe'ri- 'she 'fled' the'.hungry" mouthvl ■'■'■ I'haw dogged ths:. ranging ? .5tm;,;:;;:.,;.'.■,. ."' ■ Till ".the world.' became"; a-' scroll ; ;.' ■ : : .--JA.il "the.' : oceans'/on'o/by.''dno''.^-/^'.';.-'-^//.'.-..:.:'-- .■','■ V!': Were' -myVgoaU :;:'o : ,v^;' ; ;- ■ '-y;. ;:'•;;': '-'■■ Oh,- tho'.winged^men.'niayicoiiie, ■;•. ■'■■; .' J'.-Pierce."the:heavens'; ..-h'arti'thD.sky,"'.;. <;, '. Bound 'an echo-ito, my'.-drum, .' ':' .: ■;-.'. .. V';- s;iEro.vthey'.die;v-;;i y;'','!-.;',■'\ .;- ; : ;/v : -; .-; I.'alone have'seen;tlie.;earth:/ : ;..-;'.,'.■;: :'.' '-'Age-old -fetters .swept,iaside,'-. '.';':;"": : '' ; ..'•■'ih-;';the "glorjv'of':'-hcw-._;birth'-v-•/■.■''".:':.■• '■':>' . : v'iDeifled!J ■ f<, y-'yO;.:-r'y;:y;,-' ;.-.> ':.'. ;;. ; m;;;'■..,;-;—Harold.Trowbridge Pulsifer.. '■'-;■ f.;A : -rOHNTAIN;;IN ,:THE fNIOHT.;;' '; :\:'''ff~'' \ :C : (Adapted:.ffoin ! 't , he French.): ?;>■■: ■ OjThe.basin, Vw'here. in'; happy'silence swoon. ■■■.-■■■ ?; jl'he : .waters,'':,whdse.:sloy;.dying . ripples' "'":■': ('■> heave,; y;' -'.■'•.':■.'■.• ■'.v'v; 'i;:: W' .'•■ 1 : ;: " -.' Ss' :, ■ : Is' clothed, in mystic 'beauty -by' the eve; ;-; ; ; ; Ak withered-g'araeijs'jflowcring 'neath' the-r..':V:-:-.f; moonU' ; : .:;;;!^;V;';:a ; .^;?;^ v '/-';;:;.''.y ■ ' pometi'mes a ..creeping : w.irid,' ; : across;. ;its":' '.'•■"■;\ :•.breast:-■•■\\./■'■':■'.■'•..■;■ j'--'^,'.■■■:;.\'.-;'. V;.-. ■:'.: : -;'-;■'.'-.-. '■' puffles;the drowsy peace-in;.wavered lines' '-' '; ; :Of '-btjby'. waves;>birj;:;swift 'their'.:'fret.;de--. ■ : ..-.•':.'-l-'iS- chnes'; ; : ;1 : : ';iV' : '-'';v;.'-; '/'.':■' • ;;■',,.':. : -y'w. ■•'.-. jEhe; surf ace- sinobthes,a"gaih : .tq:'brooding' .;>-:. <);v:';restv/ 1 .' -;.;' guddeii ; ;a;jet,';'hufled : -strident, glittering, ':;: 'dim:: circled of '■?S^^^a^;;V^V : ■',/■ '::'-..3&e*: : !':'-vvQV-^ate;X-.V-:'V^^' v V."' : ';..'. Aid spread"ab'rbadVin, ■wiu«-r'iugs..shud-; ■ ..'i\j;; : .dering. : ;.:.-";.';,\; ..-;■''.'.; f onei'-mth-'never : 'eye.;to watclv-it -leaps, abends,:, and,; murmuring:'. like...ai silver: -.- ■ !4!a'.! though '-with 'some .'strange 'confidence.: ; ito;tell;;;; ; ;^ ; ■■'*■■:&'■ sinks '-'again-: and bubble's; in 'the^deep's. :.:.-!lt,dances," balancing';'a,quivered :spire,'" ; ■'•;■ • If'dances.; for: itself;as "some. mad ; fay,-,;".'•'■■ :;''..;'^bngst;.the'charmed;; : midmght:' woods : -I; :J;'at play;:.; '&'■:"."-"-.■'Jl';--"Vf"',"' ..■"".:;''.V,'.' :'. f i■ .';.' juggles '■; with;; somb; stray.-shaft ..of:-pale ;:V.'.'r,':.V-.-!.ia6pn--' &Te}^:\:'fi../.:-K-yj\ .>'■:-■)'.'-.'■: ■'" ".) .>.-,',"'■: •-:;', £$. '." O'Neiil V in *; thei: ■ "Daily; .;,::'.!.' 'As l l'':rode : North,:;'as..r'rode'North,;:.' -..:;vv :,":My hearts came;:out.'. of 'prison; :y'- : K: '■': :■■ v":I saw. the- hills'go -raking forth;' ;/ V . i' ;' '}.{'\*f Like strong .mei : :'newly;risen.":.';, ;,';.'; :, .'Oh; ithe .South is; soft'.and.-merry,: but' she' •>.-.■' r ti,.,tq'u;ches.Slighter/::strings-- •?:/. : ;'; : '33ian' the ,fury;;bf':the .battle'.when.the" •■-:■•;•! ; : ';:', Northfwindlpipes'..and .sings. "'.::'■';::;.'; K. ■ ;■'■:, '■'^;'V!a^'-I:iear'ed":.hbme,-as!i;'near«'d-nbnie,.- : - •v^-'lfe-'■ - -lfy}heart:;waS: Uke^a"lover's; :'-\vK,,, K ■■ : rP-/t, -the' windy' gloamv;-- } V: ;' :;';:):' •.'■ The -h§fsh';. voice." of 'the '.plpTere';.;.;';.". ;: (fit, ':the'. South}is "wuhr and ;kindly,' and. . .} ■{•.'■ its hearth is;warm .and' bright, ':;' :*:'; ; the.'.Nqrthiborn ■/:' : ;;{-.., of;a; rpngh' and-;windy. night.'■ ~i^Hy.' '■;.:;■ ;'",''-:-!As ProdA:inras'l?rdde'in,;;:v ~ -V<-?: '..;:.,;:;.;:'' The. wind 'rovedi'wide of'prison.:'';';', ,V' ktTytas a:rree ! man,' near-, of 'kin ; , '.■•,.-.''•■ , .'. !•"?; ; "i'-' J';To' strong ,winds newly grisen.:' v ■'-. -',■' 'tjb, ;■' &e 'South■'.is':sbft,and;merry,;'and'the y ::'v':South;.is:'good:"tp:see,icv:;- ."' i;:' ! :';;; .''•JEtet the .stubborn'lands; 1 and thrifty.."are g'S -the- garden's6il'.|for;.meV'". '•';;.':.;-'-::.'. ...'.':'. Sutcliffe,;in the ''Westminster '■.-';• '■''*< f'■■•■'"''.'S-': :' ;^:,L Gazette;"- .-."•' ;'•;:•.'•'v.;..';. ■'■