CHRISTOPHER FRY'S PLAY
Sir,-While licking my wounds after your issue of February 18, the following lines came to me: Blow Gently, Sweet Assheton Alack! O. weli-a-day! * All quenched is my _ fire! Naught I do, no word I say, But rouses Harbord’s ire! Blow gently, Sweet Assheton, ere I end my song. I rail when Drama is abused, My Harbord gives a roar. I praise when she is fitly used: My Harbord roars the more! Blow gently, Sweet Assheton, ere I end my song. O toxin to the gladsome heart, O poison to the soul! Shall 1 tearfully depart Or stay, be swallowed whole? Blow gently, Sweet Assheton, ere I end my song. Blow gently, Sweet Assheton, for I weep not loud and long. Nay! I will these pigeon muscles flex, I will this puny frame inspire. T’ll twist the mane of Harbord Rex Till lion or tamer tire. We will not cease from mental fight, Nor shall our swords sleep in our hand Until our struggle sheds some light Upon this green, unpromising land. Blow gently, Sweet Assheton, for now I end my song.
BRUCE
MASON
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 814, 4 March 1955, Page 5
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187CHRISTOPHER FRY'S PLAY New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 814, 4 March 1955, Page 5
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