BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

VERSES OLD AND NEW

HOW. THE STORM WOOED THE ;. ;:':V : : ,';i r \; forest. ... y.'..'pTOr*''llio-.".'blHo\vy-. grass lie stole on a '.■',*.:■■'■,': slumbering',' forest, ' - : ■'■';■'. ..'Bent '■ her with' 1 fan. of his wing, played "."j•'..'• j'.in'her"delicate tresses; :-.:', i ; TKen /in her heart of hearts, in swelling '-.':.'■?''.;!■ and deepening ; b.ass-notes, . .V.tliifted his voice and /;/'•' arid deaf'ning. her senses \ ■ ■-,;,. To ache of her tortured limbs, in strange - 'i ,'■ . embraces complaining, .vOr deeper groan of her pain, or. myriad ;/ ; ;snapping of tendrils, ■.! ■■■ ■:.Or brack.and',rending crash of great main ', ' ~ .members splintered— -'■■■ ~ . Hiished - him • and hushed. : ,him away— /■/'/woke; .with, a 'threatening shudder— ; '..'•■: , /-.;Saiik''-him"resffully doipi—loft her.a.'momerit,.of respite— ;' •. • ;..• '■•■ Surged up' again through her limbs, with ■■:••'.■ ' : '-'-', ever-gathering tempest,' ~; y;, - " "Swelled and roared in his rage, till the .•'i': .'"■'. .depths of, her being, were: shaken. v '/ :', Bank' aim again to his. Test, and grumy,:; •;. bled aloof-asvhe. watched her.•'.■' ' v. Anon, with buffet and gust of .his anger ■.V '■; menaced: and' swept her, 1 . ' .'• .//- Eghed away oyer, her head, and left her ■':'. ,/v :■■■■', alone in her...ruin; 1 ;'/■ /■•-Horace/.Hutchinson,: 'in "the- "West- '"--''■';/■.■ :yy /" .. ?:''. •:•■■■' ;.,-'.'■■'-She- steeple, sways .y', yl .'-'>/-• - ; \. '- :. Its silent bells. ; :"/y>; , ■'■"' ■'".-'. ■-■"■N- Bo call, the;.cloistered bees V v '■■ ;■-.'s■:'■>. '■-■: To,: leave / their'■ cells;-..".-r-"--"..'. '.• ' : ,y// :--,:,: For .prayers,'and' praise; /.'/;/„::' ;///''. :.Tbdr^Gloria"tibi;Domine's- v ,-/■'//./■''/ " Echo, like ; distant- seas. : -.".- V. .'■' j: ; ,:.-.vi muffled: peal'/.. ;•. .. ; , ..>-//:,:.' : ~;/ ivUTiV.'VPerfumeS'the :air : •'■ ; ■•' /•;;.-; r ; -" ;1 ::.\ /:-:.. ■':'-'■ With many: a fragrant 1 chord,,'' : ■':/', ■,"■')'.-./■'•' As incense rare'/. /';/'' ' ■'- - : //■y ;y.The/bees;.uhseal, :: . ~•./■; .; '■■■:•,■/■ ■ J 'r>".:'"And in their daily'tas-Vreveal- : - ''■'■'■■■ '■■ v ;'nV/'ijiiv'- in.tthe:V.'!P.ailyj: : Nev;s.i^:; '.-.:'////; ' : ;';{!--. ;//:THE : TWO;NESTS;:.,:-:,. i: ! y •// ... , ; .:ihe iwise. thrush}' the.- wise..thrush, she ■'•■; : . '.;.'::; ;•' choseth, "well heri tree, •.;;; i • ';•. .;■ './•is/.';. Made her-nestin'the,laurel's':leafy shade. '/-•..'But:the'foolish.'young-girl.'all 1 laughing in -;.4:V ; ;:-,;:herVglee, ; : v ; ;:':-::- . ' /' /: : ■-••"■ ..- ./She bnUt/qn ■ -a//;reed ..that all iwinds ■' .//.- /swayed,'/- ''■''.■:■•■ : '.-■ .•:•'.■'"•' ',:" '-;/■ y". '■> ,'/: She 1 , built; on-a .'.reed swung .arid ''!//;'/'■: /''swayed..';;/yy.'v'-:- !. ':•''■)::■■•■):'.■ ,'r.y:. .:K;! The . Avise'.thrushj-; the wise 'thrush, ..she '•-■■/:'■:'•'-';: crouched on"her. nest,'.,' .','■';. When,'■■'■ tievhawk 'in"the-'clouds'::hunted :;-;'';;::•:: •-:-.:" 1 :- : : ■.•'■'■';■" :;V'. ■■"'',.'•:'.'': ,' ; '.'i;,: But .the .foolish young.maid ;.did;singari j.v 1 : ';•:.; ■ .?;>.•> -'y-'-:^.. .' ':J:.:ji / :o'' Hfl passed, hot.^linpraised'her, nestlings by, ,; .'f'/'Ber, gehtlOihop.es arid.pretty, dreaming:by. " .■,:'"■■ The wise, -thrush, •■ the; .wise .thrush, 1 - she •:. i .c':v''- : .'i'." : 'lingered'i.and."she' spied .";'.v ■/..-..;v.| ■ ''~ A 1 (■ safe,flight ' her : fledglings'- to.. gain, ■ ■ . v'.-; ! But • "the;;foolish; girl -; all careless ' ; i;-.' :''in::her-:pride;>:;':. ■■;- ,".:,:' :; ." .• .;:.' Found.her.pretty .'ones were scattered,and .': ■;.:; v.vVi'wereVsiaiii,'^'.: 1 -,':-.:.":;'':'':-'? ; : ' ■: ;-■ " ; ':i ' -';-I»>lier'; 'ravished"i heart: her, pretty 'ones ..:-■''',':,:,] ' •weMyjslain;' : !';-v'-.'•':'_';:■;';v'; i '■:.''■'.;'.-'" : . .-.■■\. ■ '-' , v .i The 'wise,'thfushi'. 1 : the wise thrush,', she ~-.'i,';:.-.: \:i : drowsed;.at. ; .Ker.- case''-. "r::. : ti\ '~-..■. :.;;■'■'.. '■:; •;- ', -While,'herfnestlihgs.'did'pipe on the"tree.; : : :;, ; ; ; ;,But :th«-'foolish:;young;.maid could '.hot .■'- : .v : :-V her;grief;-appease,i ;;:-::'.; , i ''-.'. ;,'",; For her dying: hopes were;pitiful to see;: . ; y. : yOh;: pitiiful her perishedrdreams'-to.see; ; :'"':. .'.r-Dora •■'Sigersbh-,':Shorter;' in .tho';"West-' '.'■.'.'. : [l ; ';'''.fminsfer;-!.Gazette"'-.' ;'-;-':y;'- ; . ''■'•■ .-': ■ y ± yf ■ ; ; !; -;;^^i T 'Ab some great monarch in triumphal train yy Holds in'.his;thrall, a; hundred captive my vanished; ". l33s."fyasjj T 'i l igs ■t.ii^i^-^''^-*^^^--^^^ ' To'wait as. handmaids on thy. sweet dis-'■■ y : -;y ; :-y.ydain.;V''.-y:'"'V : 'i;v.::- '■■■■'■■ ~-'"".. : ■. iTea, :thbu shalt'.wear. their : .tresses .likei : y •-•' : rihgs,;/:.':::'.:■■ "■.■. , "-,.-';,."'-" . '.'-:■'.'',.';:•. .'.-;;. For their defeat; .perjietuates thy r^igri. : : y.:.With; ! thy .'imperious, girlhood vie. in .vain. .'\ , V: i ;'; '■: '■ >. yiMligsJfiiZfc , '■■>; y .'■". •"•'; ' : .:/Y;'::: : .' : - ; ; : '',. : :";' ".- 'i'-f.' Place onlthy brow 1 the niystic diadem i .; y; ;With '.women's; ; faces .cunningly:,- .ein- ;■■"."' '•"'■■ -?.'; ; bossed,; : v/y ;yy y/ : v, i :•■ :■ ■■ yy v ..';;; Whereon.each memory glitters like a; gem;. - yy.But-mark that mine were regal .loves,. , : i- y.: thatlost' :. y ; :' ,■'•.'.■ .:.■;'■:; .'~'^\c ... y .: :Arid' loved. like queens,. nor', haggled 'for ■' : ;'::" .''!\^'r.tho , :pos^;:''\-.-.-.'';' , -v.: ; .'" y \\%''!,---' ■ yy?y '■•'.-'/, 14nd;' f hayihg .conquered,,, oh;', be kind to .:-',:yythem! ■ r : ;-: -i-'x ' ■■ '■•'/■;'" y : -.yGeorge: Sylvester. Viereck,-' -in \ : \A Fohim;". ■■;';:■:'?. ~';,";";::■ "''.'/■) ■■... :.'.".yy: