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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1663, 1 February 1913, Page 10

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[By May Bykon.] 1 The trouble 'with a Ere at deal of tho-' poetry by women iis that it Is mero.makebelieve, 1 ' and smaoks vet--' the-.-,. nursery, i, ■ writes a'■ reviewer in ''Current Opinion>* v But. when.' a woman really unpacks her heart in words,-wo are apt to get something ' full/'of' emotion 1 and: capableof stirring the soul's: deopso ln the: "Wind On tho Heath," a new yolunie ,of>- ballads and"lyfioa by "May- Byron,' thsr6 ftroM some maflc<sdly good r tliifil?sl "aid l tho_fcl"' 0 , lowing has a wonderful! power. ;It 15 ft ; ■ xry not from' tho heart : of-.woman, but ,w from the heart of- Woman! j My child is mine. . , „"l ' ' lilood of my blood, flesh of my fleshis he, 1 ', ' Rocked'on my breast and nurtured at 1 / my knee, 1 Fed with sweet thoughts ero ever he, dieiv breath, ' ' Wrested in battle through tho gates of, death. 1 '' ! With passionate patienoe is my treasure. , hoarded, , And all >my pain l with prioelesa joy to- . .warded. ' ■ My chill is mine. 1 ■ > r Nay, but a thousand thousand powers . of 1 . , « i-L 1 Dispute him with moj lurking/wolk-lik» , ■ In■every- cover -of tho aml)U6liedyC[ir6,, Disease and danger.dog.him( ~ fears ... „ ' ' ' "Bestride his path, .with;menace ; nero». •'Hv-: and stormy./'. ••. 'V'v.'L' : 'V: ■ Help me; 0 God!: .These aro : too mißhtj;, .•; i' lot me! ' i Mr ehild iB mine. l3ut pomp and\ glitter, of • the garish ' May wean him - henoet while,: tenderly • • 1 iLiko a ■ spring * leaf,, his, d/llcato ( 6ppi<: ...... ■ Open nr blinding: sunlight: ../■ -And thty.;,.v blnzo Of blue and blossom, 6cents and songg ' - May mo him: from; my wardenship, of •; quiet. . v My child is mine. - Yet all his grey forefathers of the past, Challenge tho dear possession: they o His soul's clear purity with dregs j.and! ■Of vile unknown, anccstral impulsej !\ , iV , > vAnd viewless hands from shadowyj ro- , • v gions groping, ' \ ' With dim negation, frustrate all my hoping. , 1 i ■ My child is mini. <, By what blaok fate, what ultimate doom accused, ' • Rhall bo that radiant certainty reveKedP:.., Tho' hell should thrust its fiery eulfa / .between,v■; j.>([■'/ Tho' j all the heaven of heavens, should • •, intervene, -, • Bound with. - a bond * not: wd j Himself. o-.. o v-' ; f' will 'sever, \ ." ; ■":• X • The babo I'. bore >is mino. for ever ..ana, ever. , v i My child is 1 minol x