DAVIES
The White Cascade (from 'Child Lovers')
Easter
Raptures
Cowslips and Larks
GORDON BOTTOMLEY
Atlantis (from 'An Annual of New Poetry, 1917')
New Year's Eve, 1913 " "
In Memoriam, A. M. W. " "
MAURICE BARING
In Memoriam, A. H.
HERBERT ASQUITH
The Volunteer
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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W.J. TURNER
ROMANCE
When I was but thirteen or so
I went into a golden land,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
Took me by the hand.
My father died, my brother too,
They passed like fleeting dreams,
I stood where Popocatapetl
In the sunlight gleams.
I dimly heard the master's voice
And boys far-off at play,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
Had stolen me away.
I walked in a great golden dream
To and fro from school--
Shining Popocatapetl
The dusty streets did rule.
I walked home with a gold dark boy
And never a word I'd say,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
Had taken my speech away:
I gazed entranced upon his face
Fairer than any flower--
O shining Popocatapetl
It was thy magic hour:
The houses, people, traffic seemed
Thin fading dreams by day,
Chimborazo, Cotopaxi
They had stolen my soul away!
ECSTASY
I saw a frieze on whitest marble drawn
Of boys who sought for shells along the shore,
Their white feet shedding pallor in the sea,
The shallow sea, the spring-time sea of green
That faintly creamed against the cold, smooth pebbles.
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