This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... THE ELM BOUGHS The Elm boughs shudder in the sooty wind, From their bright leaves the City children know That somewhere the black world is glad and kind, And through green woods the sunlit breezes blow. All starved and stunted from the poisoned sod, They shiver upwards through the stained air; These ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... THE ELM BOUGHS The Elm boughs shudder in the sooty wind, From their bright leaves the City children know That somewhere the black world is glad and kind, And through green woods the sunlit breezes blow. All starved and stunted from the poisoned sod, They shiver upwards through the stained air; These are the battered pioneers of God, Waving His green flag in the city square. Thus in the gray-built city of the mind Wave the green boughs of a few hostage powers, Their secret whispered to the soiled wind Holds all our faith in Beauty's austere flowers. Somewhere the fair and secret troops of Spring Shine in strange colours icy clear and cold, But I pass on through dark streets wandering, Or dream a dream beneath the elm boughs old. THE ARTIST The spirit lonely in the spheres of night Would draw down fire from other worlds and far, And with a flash of the Diviner Light Trouble the darkness of this narrow star. As the young dreaming Christ, with power at play, Moving among the earth's unsculptured things, Moulded the crumbling balls of dust and clay Into the swift delight of swallows' wings, So do we gather up the stubborn soil, Carving weak forms to hold the primal spark, O God, have mercy on the artist's toil, Lest the swift flame slip back into the dark, Unfold the wisdom of those secret rays That break in violet waves from sphere to sphere, Piercing our starry nights and sunny days With the strong rhythm of perilous fires and dear. THE SECRET SPRING 'All our fathers were under the cloud.' A Tale that Maximus the Tynan tells How Alexander, flushed with warfare, came To ask a question of the oracles That speak to dreaming souls in Wisdom's name. He asked not for the conquest of the world, Nor craved to know the fortunes of his sword Should...
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