1924 Magnet Yearbook

The Child and 1.
Th" moon is full and the stafs are out;
1'lw wind is wild and loud,
And rides ahroad with laugh and
shout;
The trres are swayed and bowed.
Child comrade, look towards the
stormy sea,
AlId what thou s('esl f>how 10 !lW,
"1 ~e grClIt. flanks of champing stccdli,
And knights upon them ride j
Their dllrksome way of battle leads,
'rhou secst, right to our side."
;'r sec no ranks of \\-11.1'," say I,
"i>io battle·,nly can I descry."
"Sees! not the riders' riloic and fall
\or path 1hal tlll'Y must !rf'arl'
Sllrrl}' thon hl'ar'sl till' trumpet's
call
011 windy pinions spread,"
.. [ hear no clurion note," sa,y I,
"Rut shrieking Willd, lJncl scagull
cry."
"But thl'y're upon us~ tholl mllst sce.
Thrjr cry must I'CM}1 t1linc car.
Their d.,·in~ wuil's not hid from thee.
Oh, slIy thAt lhon enlist henr:'
"I :scu bllt breltking foam," say I,
Oh, child, thy "isiotl has passed me
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CONS1'ANCE SlIIELL (3B),
Saga.
Sons of the rllcjn~ douds.
And the l!rccn wa.\·~ racil1J; under,
'Vhell the wind shrieks in tllf' shrouds
And the breakers roll and thunder.
Sons of the white-swelled sAil
J\nd the rcarin~ dragon-prow;
SOilS of the ftllshill~ mail
Alld the hrhnct·girdll'd hl'O\\".
OOWII tram the Norl.h they CAllH',
Like lhe sweep of an eagle's wing,
Battling the oars in thp foa.ming
tro\l~hs
To the lon~ ship\ hl'lIVI' Ilnd swing';
Kill~s of the eart.h were they,
Gallllnt, 1I11d fio:-ree, and br'ave,
I,nl'ds of the sea-they died on the sea
'rh..y slcep in its cool j:!rccn wave.
As the white gulls dip and dive
Far in the dazzling sky,
As the whitf' clouds curl and drive
A", tllt' white caps foam Md fly­
So calllc the \dlitc-sailed ships
Dowll on the black rocked shore
Down where tJl(' blaek cliff dips
To the beach where the hreakers
roar.
Alld 011, ye SOilS of Ihl' Korth!
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