BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1247, 2 October 1911, Page 3

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

VERSES OLD AND NEW. MY BLESSING BE ON WATER- • i'OKD. Uy blessing be ou Waterford, tho town ■ of ships, For it's what I love, to bo strceling on the quay, ■Watching whilo tho boats go out, watch- , , ing them conic in, And thinking'oi' a one 1 know that's sailing iar away. It's well to be in Waterford to seo tlio ships, ' . The great big masts o£ them against tho evening, sky, Seagulls Hying ■ round, and Iho men un- . loading them, With quare strauge talk among themselves the tinio you're passing by. I love to' be in Waterford to seo tho ships come in, Bringing in their cargoes from west and . east and south. Someday ode I love will stand hero upon t'ho quay, He'll take mv two hands in his own and stoop to kiss my month. —W. 11. Letts, in the "Westminster Gazette." '■ IN AN OLD NURSERY. Outside, the rush of tho wind, the beat of the ram— The myriad voices of night, untram--1 moiled and wild; • Within, a flickering fire and an infinite pain, . • Silencu and shadows and dreams—and the ghost of a child. Dysart Jl'Mullen, in "Lippincott's." , TO HER LOVER. Oh, love me wellBut. love not nio alone! Love the hot sword, tho banner, and tho • song, ' Tho crowded way of sorrow anu of wrong, The dream no tonguo > can teil, The enemy prone! Yea, love not me alone — But love nio well! Oh, serve me well, But serve not me alone! Serve all who will, the oppressor and the oppressed, . Serve all who will not; bare thine aching breast! , Even though thou bear lovos knell Go bravely on! Yea, servo not me alone — But • serve mo well! —Harriet Monroe, in "Hampton's."