BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

VERSES OLD AND NEW.

THE DAY OF HEMEMBKANCE

'Dazzle: of. the sea, azure of.' ihe sky, ■••.•:•"■',% glitter'of'; the ■..dew oilV the, grass;.V Pass vto Oblivion; ; ; ;.'' r. '; : : .; In the darkness .V : V.v ..v . "'"■'> V; 'With"all that;over, is or ever was.-.

jTJBt,' .0 flocks,;bf ..cl6ud/with : : your violet ,*,> : , : :"; ; , 0. white, niay crowding "■/:■ -o'er ;the :lano^; ; ' -. ■■-.-. /.'/;';.'.; ■~' •,■;,• The (Shepherd;, that -.drives'. you. ; .';■ i: ! '■•:'•:,;. ';'. : : Shall" lead'you tliro'- tlie : crimson dawn' -.- ; . ; . ; '.'.'again.':-.' ';'■ ■'■ -.'- 1 .".-'■.■,-

Bearvyour : load' of' beauty, to.-the' sunset V':; : L; :-; and',the golden gates' .'of .death; ■'■■' ;■;;■ The; Eternal 'shall remember.:;.,,■ ';■■: ; L:B';lnVthe; darkhessr ;... r'~-'..;--\ '■.■"''■ '■';' "X. ■'And:recall.you. at-.a:word, ; at a-:breath';

;.■:: ■ Even as; themirid of a man.'may^Temem- ;:,-.,': .... v.'ber.his lost arid linliless hours, '■'.' .',• ■ :,To;-the 'darknesses':'.;.*■.:;-;;-■■-. o ,;V\ 'arid.jdis-petalled.Jclouds. ;?''i-:'."^'"'": : ' ; 'and'ilb'wers;::,x--. 'o'-l'- : : :■ : i\--

,-Cities,; : suns, ,'aad systems,'as He/said of :!:;,;,/v,;old,'t;th'ey- sleep! iNot. a;\bird,:ndt' :','; ■:■ ■'.■■■.;.•", a 'leaf /shall, pass-by,;' •\-.\v/;; i\Vv-! 1 3jitv\Qn;itt , e;lday i ..;oi; L :remembronce'"'. ; :' : ; -;4' ; :^ : •^^th6^-darKness;^'^.■ivJ:;o'; : /^".;;"? i :■ ,fi;fa,r^;nioment;yini'the';tvrinHinir v of an •iv?<^vv' : y«ye,"' ~" " "' """"

Art}: Ig :S-;.J/ -?;;Q; ■' Xv? " Ihey;,- shall Jflasli-toi.their Tplaces': in : the, • ~ifiJ'-;_ music .of -the i.whole, 'even ■as/ bur' -■■/-•;.:fathers.-'EMd!'- :'■'■:■:■ ■> '.o:;',''' ■;.;. Fori-a'. PoTrer shall .remember!, TV .'■■ . Tin : ; ;' V/ ; ?;-:;'■ '■■ :,\ : .'•'. : ■; And tHe;^iy'er'saliea'give.up her .dead. ' ; K] {the -?ftaijpn-."i:

;v.'r .With-my( : fiddle to-my'shoulder, '•. ■'■ i : - : v.:'. :~((:v.: : :And;my,'hair'turning/grey;';:;:' 1 ;.;(*- !j;l'JoidVmy; heart grbwingfolder,'( ,; ;;, : ;;:::-(v ; :( \- ■:'■ >'-(ll:must( shuffle : ori~'my. ,V,;?;• Thof.sthefe's;not!■.&•'■ hearth tpi'greet'.me, : :'l{',/iI ; '■.''■■C\. : ,i- W .'■> ;.£ sunset, shall;meet':me'h;;* 1 ],((: -. Vj(>]At(the.turn.;bf(^^

v;':"?•.■ /Q,'tjia*Whin's■,a'dusky:yelloTr,?.^,; (:';'■(:('■:': '.':; y' ("i (And-the ''road;a'- rpsy/.'whitvsv:.y; ?'~. '■!"':. \" call : is.mellow.,.':'■>'." •'.■." tv,. SAtv'tho'falling:'of, -night;;;(:V'-^(^-i"::(-.. ; ' : ( ■> ' ,:> (honey(in; the heather; ■(£;.;'''.'.;. ' :'(;:;:V;My-tunes. v ahd;.me'(: together; 'yi'\:Xy'yy;'"\Y.^^:imt: the^road;r. ; : : ;;^;vv.>^: ( eil',\'-'l»have fiddled';for,your'city^,-:''.-yD y-f---'-::': ■■• marketplace, and/inn; '-\,- ■•: ,!.'vS->-:';:.';-l!haye'ppured'.forth my;p'ity/v,/ ; ; ' v si. !"";-?;yr"^Oa'.-ybur/r^ief.'an'dVy ; bur.Van!-i;.Vl'.'.-..!:. ,-•'• ■:, V:.;iß.iit:your:rioles are,ypur. (burdeh;W;; v; : J| ; :*And:'your, pleasure: is;ybur(gbad!U(( .:.(:,; ■;.;. "< H'v&i the, 1 -''whin-gold.; for; ; :£uerdon'.;: y. '■ -' .';>•.: '-:;■;.( ;(;;;'(;(5!ou:r] .village^ :'-s;.i;'?As: theMights,ofrhome'the:dead,'.?. ."■'. i '■;"'>:-''But i:l)lack;nightibefall; ; me;i;: ; . ■■';>:v ■ :'iI■,^Ere'youripillovrs'rest '■ my, head!<'; : V.'■('''■' ■:.'■ ;('; ; ; ; 6bd;:be;:pra"ised;.ithb\ Hire: .'a •"jewel' A?;':.';.; ■;.. : : ■■' ''<■ ; ; Every('.cottage .'casement (? V -;■'.:'■••'■ :■; ;;<(;<; There's ;a (star. :tbafs. not -sbicrueL': ■>■:. : :-; }J )\'.>;'jv£Ai(tbe;&^ : " ■;■'-.' JNay;( -(beautiful.'and ( kindiyV -^-S>':' •-' : . ;'■ i ~{;.;( (Are .the 'faces':drawingVriight;' t : .-!.:-' ;; Vv, i .!But;l i gaze at-themMndly : :!•;'-'': :*■:'. "■Andihasten,- hasten ;.by •■;■::■': ;.': ;(';;']Epr : ;Cvin6.face of'wonder ';: '■'■'■ '■?):: ~v-;---^pn•earth::hasi:ever?glowed' ((:';(;, ..^?-'i ; s '^i::;Atthe:;turi:;of.,theArbaa;Kß::-:#:i';iUi i

..^.'■Her:;face';'isi,lit^m '•;/'■ the''skies'!}'" ;.'•;: ''■'■■ (-.'(.- '(;'But .deep;: deep; and (tehderK'.yri 'y 'V.-.- f.i■;■;:.;■• .(•>..;; Are ; : the; tears" in ;her(;(eyes:-M ; ; ;(; ('((; :i (; ! ; ('- I'M: -The;!angelsisee '"• them^'glisteiiirig ; ';"^;";■: ''ij ';iWilnVpity':for/my:;lbad;\i;?.i; !^;/^J : ''^"" : \ i^'Jbd^lie's»'.wMting : I ■■ T .:'^■'•Atstt'6•:t^rhVbf.'■theTToadi^OVi.'v>l"i) , .-'.-'.•' : ■'■' v:S-:':; : -v.':i,;'7rAUred;'N67eisy;

:"-:;. 7 \ ;■/Blame' 7 hot:; my 7: clieeks;ntboiighlftale with' ■\-X\. f^;<:'-',ld : vQ, ■'; 7 '.;..., J,Tib;^ To:'cberish;it:>th^ ,^-■'::•. Yj-.Who 'art ,sb?cruel'-: and uusWdfast grown: ■•:■. .-.'.«! Por-,;vNaturCv^called.sJ6r ; %by^distressed :;-:-'.-ii- : ''- :; :hearts,'r?.*- : J:' - : ':^ : V !^,; v- V :^ ; ''' '■•-'' :: '- •;,,"i'l Neglects'an^-'quitajforsakesSthe: outward^ .-:• whose, cheeks■OTtKjcar'eless .blood 'V;,:' -.\ v 7 .; -,-;. are:stained^--' ■ ":•: =./■' >'^'-'i 7 '-v 7 - ■:!'< >''■•■:.';•- , %xg;Nurse 'hbt;;'one;ipark ■ of .lovejmthiirttheir :,::-'i : -\'i ! ;: ; >- r -'' i ~''■. -."w Fpr.,itheir .fatUove. 7 -lies' in their outward ,■•;'; ';■<[:■- - -;.parts: ;-. ; ;; ; [■,■.£-:;%;■:■ :' 7 ';; -■ '■■' - ■;£■■:, ■:•'■<■ -'.'-:. '■'•„ - !:'■: ';-"- v'ij:- But.- in-their -.breasts, >-, where /Love Ihis ■:'■.?." .A; 7 ' shbuldvhbld, : ; >3'-y 7 :':--;;; : - 7 V; ; f~; ,-. ;'. '«■ PooriCupidjsits. and blows ''his nails for il'-' 7 c "':' : ;:4:^^iST^ : -S;5^V- ; iT^? 1 * 1 ? 3 Campion, (y .-:.^Orpheus:;;bar^b^ : and':ail - "< :-.> '■:■■ -. : • ■/xy Gatheredjat^hei'mmstrei'sifeet:'' 7 :'! ■■':-:*''■■': .;;;,; f^Bxicksvdid; , : vv f.;c 'Eound: 7 his;''thronby \VI-: ';;;;;': ; 7 ::;:.-^Did''ilpek?and::herd;- 7 ;|^ .:!, 1 by,; thafcy/sweetlvtotte.-:;; : .' : ;' •;i.;V 7 lJbt;l& : .; ■',; : She\-aloof, 7 -in' -Her.: fierce-;breast"•'• .-.,.'-,• '■'■'.. ; Nourishing, aipurer' 'flame, ' : ]'.^ : ~%.. ■'.•.;':,•. !•=' •.'v '}' Saw. Creation'- stricken.-.taiheV'-li 7 : \' 7 ':'' :■'.; ;•'•■' ■ .1?/; Ix^AU'itslangefs-jM^ 7 -;''SawUhe'hunter,' robbed ofhzesty:.';;-:■ 7 ':i .;>:•:.'. 7 .':;vAnd.ithbjliohYwith-;sunken. 7 crest--■:• ,: ■v'-;;;:-'■-'■•Halting.-lo£ie,ii-;i.'.'i-.".J'i '•v; : .V'';> ; -:; ;7 «.:.;. -'■. \ "-.',' 7 " ~: V 'v- V l/l 7 V;'r:' -their heads - for' shame. ".I .f;prpheus f ;sapg,- and; at; the ''sound >■':"'■■- ;•';•. ;■%:' '■LOy. Creation'yeiledrhcr 7 -fire: ; ;;,;- 7 •■:.- > •'Bone'iandiblbp'd'-. .;:,,'•;; ;Y 7 ln!.their;steadfstbbd.''grass and:briar,"' inhere: before; went Abound 'ahdrhorn;V; '.Wood-bine-Vwound the .'au'tlered-thornj- , ...-.' '■:■•; Drowsy, \A; 7 . 7 '...: ..-.Earth .lay. drowned- in ! - green desire, v ('■'■"■.:' lien a the ;Phbenix lifted -highf' ' .;,..:. ,Up v from: the Earth". to .Heaven; her Very:' ■^ ■'• -;. : fr Je ■■■;that'wbuld.lie > down to-live,'; ;"' "-; ; "See. how;I; rise' up to .'die!: ■';:'■: :,.',.'."; ;.'.'■' ;Y,"Te;;havb' 7 'sohg:'"wliich;like; 7 a ; ,flobd \. •: "BrihgetliYmelodv■■ to'•;birth:'v ■'■■ ■'•■ '.'' ,-.v" "■: A• -^, v :/ 7 ;; : "ner'ei;fbr;'lack,: shall 77 drbps"of"blood' . -Trom:.my'.bre'ast.anoint.'the.,Earth; : , 'Y.y'.y'Sd. 7 fr6m/out-'my';flesh''sliall'.'riso - ":' . .'"New., desire—a dearer, prize.... : i-.V'.V .:'■' -."Thanf'tn'e anodyne .which lies T. '.' -"On Xthe ; hearts'' that.- rest■ from - mirth \"

Straight she' plucked.frbm,'out her./breast J Drops '..of ; that, bright ifir'e.-withiri:';: ■.: Swiftly, to' her - : pains, addressed,' 7 ;: ■'' i Drunken : with the.,'wirie','she pressed--'-'■■'•.'. (Beak:' a'- torch 'J, she -.-'fires her.nest, - Death,; and deathless, life ■ to' win': - •' And.withVwaft' ; of. outstretched-vans, '■'. : As,-.a;-,coyering bird who spans 7 ". ..'. 7 ■''AllV;herv'claniorbns' : ';-ne'sflirigs-' : :in l ''.- •To her-.heart'the flame Isho-fans,",. . ■': Ther'e;to;bid;the(fcast ; ;begin.; 1 :--y, ; :.:. Then'from that, bright :pyre there fell ■Music ibf-■ no earthly 'strain'':'"■■-.■■'•■■• '■'■'-.•'.•' Tliereysang Heaven the' praise of Hell," Joy the dear ..delight .of pain;' There'sang.life'the praisevof'death; '-' : Love,';'b'f';lusf that "perisheth— : '.; '■■.-,'. ';.-' 'Earth again' threw bff.the spell— ; * i... ;: /Orpheus'. nought' to : tell.y" - ,'— L.-in'renCe Housmari, :in lithe "West-.. minster:) Gazette." .•"'..; v. ,"l|-.;■::':■:■' - :