The Spirit of Romance
To childhood first in faery tales she speaks, Then lures the growing boy with tempting wile Of buried treasure on some palm-fringed isle. Anon she beckons, and the grown man seeks For undiscovered lands or unscaled peaks. And then on blushing maid she loves to smile And with sweet wayward thoughts her heart beguile, Bringing fresh roses to her mantling cheeks. She hovers o’er the searcher of the sky, Seeking some star expected yet unseen. She sees the lightning tamed, man learn to fly, And hears voice answer voice thro’ seas between... And when life’s sands run low she still is nigh With golden visions of what uright have been.
F.H.
S.
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Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 44, 15 May 1931, Page 40
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