BOOKS AND AUTHORS;

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS;

'&■:.:. ■>■■:.'■■.. —-;,'.:;.».',; /.'•.';■' :^, v .':''- ':;i ' VERSESOLD I AND NEW. fe-V'v-'.. ''~;:''-''-SONG;;; ',-,';.-..':■.'■" 'C:■ i'As some hot traveller . : -": ■:'■-.; ;.;'.. r Going through stones and sands, : . J'.'.;.•;";.'.' .Who sees clear (waior stir;'^,;. : .'*: •. '•. ■.':■'■■■■ . Amid''thfe weary.lauds, ;-..'. .-■:. Takes in-his. hoiloWcd hands / ",■--. , Tho clean and lively water ; ;'•>"' , ' That trickles 'down'his throat. , £;,;:;, Liko-laughter, like-laughter.' , ;•'.'■ >. So: when you come to me' . ,:; Across these, parched places, ..,-; ~: : And all tho.waste'.l.seo . v ".,,,-,;, ",-. ■; :, ..-'■-■ Eibweied with"iy6ur,'graces, 1 ., v ~ ;,' : s I-take between inj- ; hauds.r ;..•--; -~, ■;";'..'=• Your face," : lik«-.»me:raro;cnp:;--:.V.-ri- • " Where kisses imx%ith laughter : 1 ; -.V And drink and. drink them'iip'.■'■•> ■■;'. ■;..■ Like water, like water. -:,;,v ; ;-, ' ■;' : —-Richard Buxton. : , ,;:-,■ :■'.:., ,".'';'.:. v;i.- J. '■"■■ ■ '.-•'>. -■;,,. la^mprte; : plccinani.;,.:-: ;\. :'' '•: (From : ■■':' ,;' . :' ."Sometimes the, sweet little Tuscan, song '■:■' ran In' her 'ears;- when,-: '■{ hurriedly .and • v., ':;stealthily,'she,scribbled,a.page.. 'Vorrei V . mo'rir di inorte' piccinaiii'. . . yes,-yes; in- ;:,'■ l deed, to suffer'death, but:Qnly':the little ''■".,, \ death; during which: you can lean .over ~v the banisters ;and',,-' count,; thp •-, mourners, ,■-.-,- ;and make a face'at.them', or;blow,them a ;■:-: kiss.'..'", according torcircivm'stences.":,: V : ; • —From Mrs. Forbes-Mbsse'a ('Der kleine -;■.;';, /.',- Might' I'.but die the little, little death,'.'' " ~ ■ That, comes when' star-lit:night-draws-her' <. 'i_. .' 'first breath;\ '-. ■■'■■;•■.• .'v--"';,v'' "'-.V,'-. . .'But "goes agstin as soon as day appears. : ' •''"'-.',.Then,should'l,know : who laugh's, and who: !:■:- :,'".sheds-.tears;'--''.►.-.'-.-■ ■'*'■:.- : ';-v "■"-'--.iv-- '': \; ! i-[ ■'■'".'. 'And: without.'asking .anyone, should know ~,, The names:of those.who mourri. that I ; : :i. : : ; mustgo.;i:; v yv-^j,i,,yii ! -.." '■:.■ .'.„';!,: ~1, should-, bei'dead,'-''yrt'-from Itfie^steifsji'd-; '::■;;—'Those wto'sit "sewing at:a shroud for me.;.; '',;;.U 'Still, I .should; recognise,. thoughr.dead I ;■)':'] : v '-';'la'y,'^>:;^' : f';2 ; V-'-V^fYX? A ;;t':v:' ;; ' : . - v ;- 'All ,whd-;brbught-gifts'; "toVmebf flowers-.'■■'-.•1.'-:- ■•' -gay.-;.:: ■•-.■;'.';.' : .:.>:.. '■;':■'-.■':■■■■■ ■'-■"■.■'; )',-,: 'And I who:bears.the.crossi -'' .■;'''-..-;'.' 6ny&%)i,'. :*'"•''>:? ' : ; : -. ,: -:-'■'■-'. .''','...'..''•' ;"• -"'■'■". my pillow- with a; •,','- .-'..' V-^THB,HIDDEN,SHRINE. - : 'V i : .-, (In some old foreign ( oity, .so I.hear,-. ■ ■" : : There's; a shrine -where, day! and night ■ '. throughout the year,.' '/'■ .;■..;'/ ,■.'.' A ch'oir sings a.requiem.for-'the dead, ■', . i And lamps are always.burning, overhead. '.- - : The crowd without, that -hurries', to"' 'and ;-.": :; -■•'■:■}■.! fro,:-; ■■■■ -•.:■"'.■-'""■':■'."' ; . 'Have ceased their .laruentatidns. long ago: '■'. So:short a.*'time—and they remember not , -The idol who was.ne'er'to be forgot. ,: ; -' .Ah,''meV'.whb.'coji'be BteadfostP.Each' day . ; . "-.:';.■ -brings--.;'": ■■:. : : . ■■■'■'■'■'■"■■■!: ■:■'-"; / '. Its sordid tale of great and'little things; ,' ;.And that..which,.thrilled - last .year. -; as '-. ";-i.:V: worthless seems '•"'.-;;;, :,",-;.:; - :;:Knd -briefi.as; :fear3,";asv;,poy; -..-, v v',s'..V-;;''hood's'dreams;_,;. ; '--o■;:";;'•',;'.•.'(,:'.'" : .'--' ', ':'..! iWe thought at;least;thejspell of.love.must I ■:. f As'-fierce.as:fire-itV'hu'rrisV'a ~' . -i.Berie'a'th.^sullei '.' .'.Springs;.a!:.new" : 'grb'w'th;'.and',;rank,'"-...'tha , ; ■' ; ; ;-j:chbkes:thev6ldv-''' ■;. ' , built 'a - ' .;■: ;- ) fShrine,v:' : :^ : ,' '■:;,'^" : i--.--- ";!■',-'/.'■> That.evermbre preserves, one'loyeyof mine; i -And •. when : : .my" r wearied, ::6pirit: thither; '•■'"■' -". .•.'..;tnrri9, : :; : .'." : ''---:.;' .'i■-."■" AQW } ffhoVmu'sic echoes -still,. : -the .light mil [ ■:•:;.,.;, : bufhs. /■;/■;,:•'-.- .': ,' V : '.v;-. -: •■, . -;.'.-: .-.••.:—Reginald Lucas.,:,