BOOKS ANP AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1491, 13 July 1912, Page 9

BOOKS ANP AUTHORS.

VERSES< OLD, AND - ■■' /',';■ : r ■'■:■■■ Y-γ sometime. .; . .. ■■ 'Sometime the Spring -.will, come. 1 with ':■■•■. softer green':'" Than-ever-dared to touch, the world be- ■• -fore;- i •■:■- ■. .-;?■/■•."■.:;.-.;' , ■■■ ; ' : Bcmetinie:.the'/.Quest; my eoul has : never :- ■• 'seen . • '■-..- ■ ' " ■ ' •.Will pass the threshold of my waiting ■ '. .. door. . ■ : Sometime the passion- of my book of ■ '■ song ■ ' ■'.■..■■■ ' Will lace me in.the eyes ofDesfiny; the-Question I have asked so ■ long • '■'■.! '■ ■■■ -.. '. ■ ■ x .-. .;■. Of toe slow stars, will turn tnd aa- .. ' .. swer me.'..(• t : - A '. ■ y - :; > ! ,.\ .:. 'A sail,: now tossing .on the eea of dreams, ■-,:;.' . Sometime" \wjll jest in the Abroad port )■■;.•..' ■- : of wakini; ::; : : vf ■/V : - . ",•. "■"./, ; Sometime ... the .Weaver, that/: how. idle -■■..': ■;'■■.■ 'eeeinß,!;V';*.' : ''- ! ■:;■.!(■'•/;■:■■' '?'■• ''■■.■;•,■■'. ■'-.' '.•■:■ -'.'. ■.Wili'.show.Bome.splendid :fabric 'of her : v ■■•■'.''■ making; ::':■ ••; j^;r ; : .■■;.■ :■] ■■•'■.■.". '■'"••.' ITheTei.Uesarlighf upon thel peaks of v . . Vfaith;.;..-. ,-'.'..;:. •'■.'■/■ ' ■ ■■■■<.'./■ .■•:.■' -That raakea.-my: heart-beat faster'as-1 .-■-.' ■■■ -....:. climb; , ■•'.■'.•.■'•'■.'-?■.■ .. ■ ■'. ■ ..■ '■. ; ' ,'And ,me floats a' wraith— . . . '.' .-.-.The ;Bresen.ce that will walk with me ■ . : -.sometimes.' I .'-'. . . ■•" ■•; x - /.: ; '■■.■■■'- --y^;.,. ; —Elsa; Barker: ■'■ ■■•■'•'.. ■;':■.. : '' ■.'-.• ■' .'■' ; '■ ■'-.. (Of of famous note ; . .: The Summer weaves her pall; , : ,I;giye..my love to.one:remote, . -."••.'■..■ .'Aid.less inclined'to fall: . ' ,The catkin;..in' his'.yellow coat . ■; .■:.'■■■.■ '■. ,Aiitl;gi - ay..fur-,over all.-: •. : . ;■'■■■ " .He, comes, a champion-unafraid:.. : • ■'■•-,'.- Though Winter, rule, the land, ; .\- .'.:,'..■ iWhen '-never, a primrose lights the glade .;.- -Nor.:a'.violet .scents ;thb, hand,. -. : , .-: •■'•' Or,ever the. cowslip-ball is, made : ■-. Or tho crocus-hollow scanried:: . ; ...'.'■ .He pomes; to hedge-rows bare and black ■'■'■:,' ' And breaks them into-joy, \-,-,With a 'tuft of 'yellow a-top the .stack -. ! :I?6r. every,-breeze .to toy; ..' ■ .'•'. He carries a on nis back : \ .;■■;, ... With, the merry heart of a ijoy: :■"■ He':goes before the leaves are green ; •': ''\ ■'; Or- the cuckoo loud in.May. , .; [And 'children love/his olive sheen .. .. 'Of silver-suited, jfray, ... ■ '■'■ .•' F6r heis catkin-fiott for a. queen,, ',' And-, ho grows above thoir. play. ..-. •' '.When merry., rpsesrswayr.and afloat- , '; ". And, beckon from: the wall, .'■ . ~, - ''And breezes.bend'the lily's throat,' - ■■ . And holly hocks grow.tall— ; ..:" : '-I-mind me of-the yellow coat ■"-.' : :• -: With' gray fur 6ver all!» : '■'■■ -- ; , ..'• :•■'■, ;•'■'.. i -"-'.-H. i ,-1 , :,-B.;Brett.Smith. •: ' ' ',- ;'-■■ DlßGE^'."■;,",■'./, ■/''■■ ■''■ : love is dead." Ahl- Lqyo is dead I Slain by laughter scornful. .'"•'.' •'■' Why bo'sad and mournful?.:. ' ' '■ j v. ',"".- ' Bury Love . '. i Lay.him where the petals fall ,-' . From the'roses dying. ... Sigh, and leave h3m lying. ' : ■ .-,.'• . ■ ' FarewellvLove;; 'y-.---.. ,'■ ■::M«ura:him for a; little whUe," ■j' ,v When you turn and leave him,. ' -.She.will never grieve him, , '..:'■■ Poor; dead Love, . ; ';■/-.- , All.'ihe-long, long winter through ' ; Snow.'his grave, shall coyer, ■; , Then,- when/winter's, over, ' • :' : i/: , Torget.Love. ..■,.-• :,•■>.. -'•'...'..- ~ . . .:Spring.will ( ;give...you back'.your , rose,.■ • .Sumrder'sonj and laughter,. , - .■:...-.."•■ i ;■.:;' ; ,-. "■"'.'.: :v .;-...■ :>' Laugh.at .Lovel.V [■_'' "■'''.' ■' ■; - >' - 'Wine, aid'- song - and-'crimsonvrose.'.. -i -'. .: ; ■" ■; Jpyjof life and'.living,— ■■•.-'.a.. -.<.v..,.:'. ■]. >~-'; .Take wiat Tqttune's ? . : . .-•■',■ ■" . ■;•',■ '..-, ~.—ueofrreyj.Mvltirrayi' . '"(-::' : ''' r ''' "'■■ ■• : '' : :, : ': ; ' ;, ', : "h.- v '. ■•M?S4:- ; '' r - ; '' ■ ■ ■~..-';?;';-\ '..-■■:•■ ■■• i Wl'ity.v. ; ;;■::•:,::';•> ■'.- ilnfinity, the v-' -jpg^ j.\ .; ';', . ,• i That slowly, imperceptibly;'' : ■■ir-V ,^/ .':'/■. : ■'.'• ■ ' E«oedes'before , dur'igrpping.-'handgyv.-" ' : • ,As>;s'Up by.step,:m6st.wariiy.:',\i?v'. ■; ... .'. . ; W^'^urn -foivguidancewhence we' , came: :' ,• i' : The-fcg/drifts-'gainst the.s't'raining.vface, 'i Our' oirn-paths? • Look! ; -The'gulf'tha^, . . '-,;yawns!;- v ;-.'■,■'..'■. : :'--' • 'i:>?.'h;'-:;,\;[ f\.' ... Of ouivlast.fpo'lsteps, ,nqt a'..tracej'fj,'.';■ '> ■ rTho cloud-hung chasm breathes' , no'sound" -. dnly/fihe records,in our -haids,'' , ' f j '-'.-^ ' .-■' ':-. Only a fitful-memoryi ■ .',■'''■. '-. ~; . ; ,Areleft of all the 'world that , was,•■■'.•■-: ■-',; -.False prophets of Ithe world to bo, ,v , : '■ ':...; ,To which our stumbling"sbeps, now lead. ■ Some urged by 'd'readi some led by hope,"' ', . . Onward '.weinoveinto the gray,: ;■..:.. ■ Darkness and silence all around!.; ','.■!,,,'-. '■ Voices and light , justfor to-day; . ; -,-• . Thought.knows-nofcertaihty'.nor.speed..'. • '. Bkn, moon.or stars illume the hour, '■■■ '• ''•' ■ '. Yet shed,no'light there,'just before, ■; ' : .A3 lamps a jtiny, circle show, : . ■ ;/- ■-, , Upon a Weak, black, silent , moor, Where darkness presses back the eyes,' • .'. From, dusk to dusk,: one step-ahead,- ','.' One'glance,behind; and that is all:.•■■■':' "■' A-working .with the J3een:.imtil<,; ,■/, ■;■.-. ' The Unseen sounds its voiceless call; . . , ' The ending of one long surmise.. '.: f :•'.....' -.- —Donald -