BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

VERSES OLD AND NEW. HE WHOM A DREAM HATH POSSESSED. Ho whom a dream hath possessed knoweth no. more of doubting, ' For; mist and .tho blowing of winds and tho mouthing of words ho scorns; Ndfc tho sinuous speech of school ho hears, , but a knightly And never comes darkness down, yet ' x ;ho greototh- a million morns. He whom a•' dream hath, possessed - knffwoth -no moro of roaming; AH roads'and tho flowing of-waves and the speediest flight ho knowß, , But wherever his'febt are sot.'hia soul is i forever homing, And going, ho comes, and coming he . heorcth a call v and goes. He whom a ; dream hath possessed knoweth no inoro of sorrow, , 1 At death and tho dropping of leaves and tho fading of suns he smiles, I'or. ft dream remoijjbers no past and •~ '"■ '. scorns tho desire of a morrow, And a dream in. a sea of doom Bets / purely tho ultimate isles. HO' whom a dream hath possessed treads the impalpable marches, Prom, tho dust of tho'. day's long road ho leaps to a laughing star, 1 And the ruin of worlds that fall he viowa i ( from eternal arches, And rides God's battlefield in a flashing. j ', . and golden: car. , ' —ShaemusO'Shcel. V- : : ;^,: ';.:;:;.^'—rrrrVvv.:^v:'•':; ; - .' -BONGOFAGOOD-FOE-NOTHING.- ' ;> Were'-I a 1 hearty Jhusbahdman it's happy < M'wonld' be -"-i '. : With a.Tloaf,of rye and.honey, twelve ' brown'eggs;, and apples-three, ■ i . To.make my; daily faring'for l the bonny .•.;;••':'wife and, me^.;,';•-,7'!' : '7'- ~, .■:■■:. And had I half the wisdom' that I've read ,' ,; ,: 'vabout'Jnibook3v>,j;^'' : '"J '.'. v,\ '. I'd-leave the: world of .'wranglerß;! and I'd- ' : .•. i';lovo''thei.world;of. ; brooks, 1 ! :U ; -^-4 '•....' • ~• And willowrshaded"shepherd lads a-leaning their '.j'' TherV with. my.,lass''.my. life i'd.'pass, . ,'■> and; dream .hd';.more.of''towns; ;■ ;.. There'd be crow's-foot. and '.'..'crane's-bill ' a-growing on tho downs ' :' For careless girls o' holidays to, fasten :■•.■'■■; 'in. their gowns. y .;. . ; I'd toil for'life, I'd ' toil for wife, and ', ">:then when I'd be.old !• I'd like' to. keep a toll-bar and gather ,; in the gold . '..V-. • .;.';'. ~ - I ■--. To give to wayfaiers. to clothe 'j •■■■;''. *.. Nthem from the cold. ;■; I'll never keep, save in my sleep, a.toll-' i •'.'■• bar.nora farm; .■'•■. •'■ ■ .'- ' I'll'live with strangers all my life, and ' '• .' some will do me harm, . .'■ . i If'only, I'd ;a strong will audi a strong 1 ; light arm !'■• ' "' ' ' ' '■!.'"7v i : '' -/'''^■'■'■''■ ; -: ; "';A' 'MEMOETi;;' .', '';/;■.. ' .'.'■ dorse and the curving grassi and the.sunl > ':..•• heavy air were around:us;.' ';.: All the world was .asleep j you and I i .'.'■'•■-''.■■.': were awake.■"■■' r'■"'■-. ' ■■■■_. .-"_■ '• '.';■ Slowly the children, orept.to rest in the j ■'.:"'"■'■>... shadowy bushes:; ...;:•' ■ ■; Yv ' 'Slowly still the sun, rose in the vacu- •'/' '••' ; '',oM : sky.;..'--'l'' , . ; .''. : ;'" : ; .Vv: : : :X.;', I Earth and air and our.eouls were 'faint >■■••■■ ;-'. in the heat of the noonday, '--".■' | '•:'-. Slower and yet .more slow moved; your ■••■■' hand in.my hair..'.."• ' Time stood still and the 6un,had paused 'his path in the heaven; ' ' Not a breath in the, air ruffled the '.''.leaves of.the bush.';.,,' Even our hearts were still and the rest- ■•;■• -less swarm of; our kisses ' , ..■■■ ■i'i-Pa'Tised;ond ; abandbne4\their;fl|glity:K|b. .':,*','.. ing'ye't : on our lips.'^'y:'.''' l ■ ." 3T«t as a man. in':a snvoon:. sees heaven ":'"i. (■■ .and.'earth: laid;before him, Clearly.. love binding and ■'■':*: "making.us.oiief •>:,:-..•;>■:: ",.-;;'-.",', ;•■'.■. ;v y : i: , ::; : >:;.; : i't : v;'?: —Elchardßuxtori, '{, :■/;■. ■r / %.J: : i -77 .THE,POET. 7" -~ 7 '."..■':'■'BXnieasuTfcs facts by a gleam o' tie moon,' . Aild calendars days by dreams;■'.-'".■'. V He values less than a wild bird's tune ; The world'of'mortal.schemes': >-''■'.■ 'j it ! He dons the pack of the On the trail'of the Never-Sure, ... ... Aid .whistles'a song as he faces Fate • To follow the far-off. lure. ;.;.; y- j' :, £ '.'He says a word to the butterfly, . "■«/ . And its mottled dream: is'- his; ■'-.'■ He whispers the bee.ifand it makes reply. ■'■■' '.With:a thought like a'.honeyed.kiss;. ■He .speaks : the .bird, and he; speaks the ..''■.snake, /. -■■■> '■■•■■•■' '''•.■>/■ ■"■'■'",' ' : 'And,the ant in its house of sand, , ■'■• And their guarded wisdom is his to take, .■'.'; Arid their' 6ecrot9 to .understand. ..-' He shares his soul with the .wayside rose, ■ .His heart with the woodland weed, .'. .„ .. ; 'And : ;he knows the two as;.' himself he r'\-":- ': knows, ':'.■;' "•"• i ■/■-. And the thoughts with which they plead: 1 "TO. him; they speak'in confidence,''. '.-.•', ■ '•" And he answers: them with love,"" '. And'hand to hand with their innocence t ' Strikes out for.the trail,;above. , Sworii comrade'he of the rocks and trees, 1 Companion boon of the:brooksl '. : Through which hoary tribes he-shears and ;' : The things that are not in books: ; • He goes his:way of do and dare, ;. V. .Led on'.by firefly'gleams',;, V. '':. : ; , And lays him down with never a care i ■.■ By the camp-fire of his dreams. '. '■ -.1..'; •'■■ .',.■',•;.;•''',•'■'■:'—Madison Caireia./