BALLADE OP THE BOURNE
" What goal remains for' pilgrim feet, Now all our gods are banished 1" Afar, -when sea and sunrise meet, Tall portals bathed in gold and red ; •From either door a carven head Smiles down on men full drowsilio 'Mid niystio forms of wings outspread Between the gates of ivorie. Now if beyond lie town or street I know not, nor hath any said, Though tongues wag fast and winds are fleet ; Some say that there men meet the dead, Or filmy phantoms in their 3 toad, And somo, " it loads to Avcadie." In sooth I know npt, yot would tread Between the gates of ivGrie. ' For surely there sounds music sweet While fair delights and perfumes shed, And all things broken made complete, And found again things forfeited ; All this for him who scorning dread Shall read the wreathon f antasie, And pass, where no base soul had sped ■ Between the gates of ivorie.
ENVOY. All, princess ! Krasp the golden thread Rise up and follow fearlessly, By high desire and longing led Between the gates of ivorie. Ghaiiam R. Thompson, in "HarporV for August.
It was somewhat embarrassing for Aunt Jane when Johnny, a few evenings since, at a gathering of friends at his mother's house, asked, " Didn'fc you know the real Noah, Aunt Jane ?"
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 3
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219BALLADE OP THE BOURNE Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 3
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