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While others boom a baseless claim;
And upon nothing rear a name。



THE JUBILEE OF A MAGAZINE
(To the Editor)



Yes; your up…dated modern page …
All flower…fresh; as it appears …
Can claim a time…tried lineage;

That reaches backward fifty years
(Which; if but short for sleepy squires;
Is much in magazines' careers)。

… Here; on your cover; never tires
The sower; reaper; thresher; while
As through the seasons of our sires

Each wills to work in ancient style
With seedlip; sickle; share and flail;
Though modes have since moved many a mile!

The steel…roped plough now rips the vale;
With cog and tooth the sheaves are won;
Wired wheels drum out the wheat like hail;

But if we ask; what has been done
To unify the mortal lot
Since your bright leaves first saw the sun;

Beyond mechanic furtherancewhat
Advance can rightness; candour; claim?
Truth bends abashed; and answers not。

Despite your volumes' gentle aim
To straighten visions wry and wrong;
Events jar onward much the same!

… Had custom tended to prolong;
As on your golden page engrained;
Old processes of blade and prong;

And best invention been retained
For high crusades to lessen tears
Throughout the race; the world had gained! 。 。 。
But too much; this; for fifty years。



THE SATIN SHOES



〃If ever I walk to church to wed;
   As other maidens use;
And face the gathered eyes;〃 she said;
   〃I'll go in satin shoes!〃

She was as fair as early day
   Shining on meads unmown;
And her sweet syllables seemed to play
   Like flute…notes softly blown。

The time arrived when it was meet
   That she should be a bride;
The satin shoes were on her feet;
   Her father was at her side。

They stood within the dairy door;
   And gazed across the green;
The church loomed on the distant moor;
   But rain was thick between。

〃The grass…path hardly can be stepped;
   The lane is like a pool!〃 …
Her dream is shown to be inept;
   Her wish they overrule。

〃To go forth shod in satin soft
   A coach would be required!〃
For thickest boots the shoes were doffed …
   Those shoes her soul desired 。 。 。

All day the bride; as overborne;
   Was seen to brood apart;
And that the shoes had not been worn
   Sat heavy on her heart。

From her wrecked dream; as months flew on;
   Her thought seemed not to range。
What ails the wife?〃 they said anon;
   〃That she should be so strange?〃 。 。 。

Ahwhat coach comes with furtive glide …
   A coach of closed…up kind?
It comes to fetch the last year's bride;
   Who wanders in her mind。

She strove with them; and fearfully ran
   Stairward with one low scream:
〃Naycoax her;〃 said the madhouse man;
   〃With some old household theme。〃

〃If you will go; dear; you must fain
   Put on those shoesthe pair
Meant for your marriage; which the rain
   Forbade you then to wear。〃

She clapped her hands; flushed joyous hues;
   〃O yesI'll up and ride
If I am to wear my satin shoes
   And be a proper bride!〃

Out then her little foot held she;
   As to depart with speed;
The madhouse man smiled pleasantly
   To see the wile succeed。

She turned to him when all was done;
   And gave him her thin hand;
Exclaiming like an enraptured one;
   〃This time it will be grand!〃

She mounted with a face elate;
   Shut was the carriage door;
They drove her to the madhouse gate;
   And she was seen no more 。 。 。

Yet she was fair as early day
   Shining on meads unmown;
And her sweet syllables seemed to play
   Like flute…notes softly blown。



EXEUNT OMNES



I

   Everybody else; then; going;
And I still left where the fair was? 。 。 。
Much have I seen of neighbour loungers
   Making a lusty showing;
   Each now past all knowing。

II

   There is an air of blankness
In the street and the littered spaces;
Thoroughfare; steeple; bridge and highway
   Wizen themselves to lankness;
   Kennels dribble dankness。

III

   Folk all fade。  And whither;
As I wait alone where the fair was?
Into the clammy and numbing night…fog
   Whence they entered hither。
   Soon do I follow thither!

June 2; 1913。



A POET



Attentive eyes; fantastic heed;
Assessing minds; he does not need;
Nor urgent writs to sup or dine;
Nor pledges in the roseate wine。

For loud acclaim he does not care
By the august or rich or fair;
Nor for smart pilgrims from afar;
Curious on where his hauntings are。

But soon or later; when you hear
That he has doffed this wrinkled gear;
Some evening; at the first star…ray;
Come to his graveside; pause and say:

〃Whatever the message his to tell;
Two bright…souled women loved him well。〃
Stand and say that amid the dim:
It will be praise enough for him。

July 1914。



POSTSCRIPT
〃MEN WHO MARCH AWAY〃
(SONG OF THE SOLDIERS)



What of the faith and fire within us
   Men who march away
   Ere the barn…cocks say
   Night is growing gray;
To hazards whence no tears can win us;
What of the faith and fire within us
   Men who march away?

Is it a purblind prank; O think you;
   Friend with the musing eye;
   Who watch us stepping by
   With doubt and dolorous sigh?
Can much pondering so hoodwink you!
Is it a purblind prank; O think you;
   Friend with the musing eye?

Nay。  We well see what we are doing;
   Though some may not see …
   Dalliers as they be …
   England's need are we;
Her distress would leave us rueing:
Nay。  We well see what we are doing;
   Though some may not see!

In our heart of hearts believing
   Victory crowns the just;
   And that braggarts must
   Surely bite the dust;
Press we to the field ungrieving;
In our heart of hearts believing
   Victory crowns the just。

Hence the faith and fire within us
   Men who march away
   Ere the barn…cocks say
   Night is growing gray;
To hazards whence no tears can win us:
Hence the faith and fire within us
   Men who march away。

September 5; 1914。







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