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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
Not always in this wintry world Shall Hope neglected lie , But soon its grace shall be unfurl'd Beneath a fairer sky . Not always will - the breath divine Of Faith forgotten be , But soon a genial day will shine To set its sweetness free .
Then , in sei-ener climes above , Shall Faith and Hope appear , Decking the brow of sovereign Love Through the eternal year . "
Having from cluldhood cherished an ardent love for the beautif id blossom- of the Crab-tree , as wed as the sight of the ripened fruit , the following sonnet , entitled " Crab-Apple Gatherers , " is especially to my liking , both for the matter and the manner though I do not understand how " a golden syrup" is drawn from " the clustered crabs , " other than the verjuice , which certainly is not what the poet means : — -
"When happy rooks were wheeling overhead , A noisy clan—we spent a bright half-hour , Children and elders , where , in woodland bower , The cluster'd crabs were gleaming rosy red . 'Mid shouts and laughter , soon the fruit lay spread Upon the dewy grass , smiling , -but sour ; And soon we fill'd our baskets with the dower Which naturefrom her horn of lenty shed .
, p Then home we hied , with spoils of Autumn laden , . And from that fruit a golden syrup drew , The joy of elders as of boy and maiden , At many a merry meal the winter through ; Thrice happy who Life ' s bitters bravely meet , And then , through grace and patience , find them sweet ! "
It will be seen , from the specimens I have given , that Mr . Wdton wears his singing robes wed . I must now , however , reluctantly conclude my extracts with a sonnet on" Church Sculpture , " which might have been written for the Masonic Maqazine : —
"A sculptor I beheld , with cunning hand , From shadeless stone , fair leaves ancl flowers untwine , Crowning the columns of a lofty shrine . Like trees those pillars rise , a noble band , Their tops of diverse foliage deftly plann'd : While oak and maple , sycamore and vine , With shamrock , lily , passion-flower combined To emulate some sylvan landscape grand .
The God of Nature is the God of Grace ; Then bring thy leaves , 0 sculptor , and thy flowers To shed their woodland beauty o ' er this place , Fann'd by the breath divine of holy hours ; Until we almost feel we see His face , Whose voice at eve tln-ill'd Eden ' s leafy bowers ! "
I had marked several other poems for extract , but I must pause , or Mr . Wdton may be clown upon me for robbing him of his copyright ! The sonnet entitled " A Cruciform Church" will have special interest for the Masons and other readers at Eotherham ; and , whether he endorses or dissents from the theology of the volume which is nowhere vulgarly intruded , every lover of genuine poesy will find plenty in its pages to amply compensate him both for its purchase and its careful perusal . Rose Cottage Stokesley .
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
Not always in this wintry world Shall Hope neglected lie , But soon its grace shall be unfurl'd Beneath a fairer sky . Not always will - the breath divine Of Faith forgotten be , But soon a genial day will shine To set its sweetness free .
Then , in sei-ener climes above , Shall Faith and Hope appear , Decking the brow of sovereign Love Through the eternal year . "
Having from cluldhood cherished an ardent love for the beautif id blossom- of the Crab-tree , as wed as the sight of the ripened fruit , the following sonnet , entitled " Crab-Apple Gatherers , " is especially to my liking , both for the matter and the manner though I do not understand how " a golden syrup" is drawn from " the clustered crabs , " other than the verjuice , which certainly is not what the poet means : — -
"When happy rooks were wheeling overhead , A noisy clan—we spent a bright half-hour , Children and elders , where , in woodland bower , The cluster'd crabs were gleaming rosy red . 'Mid shouts and laughter , soon the fruit lay spread Upon the dewy grass , smiling , -but sour ; And soon we fill'd our baskets with the dower Which naturefrom her horn of lenty shed .
, p Then home we hied , with spoils of Autumn laden , . And from that fruit a golden syrup drew , The joy of elders as of boy and maiden , At many a merry meal the winter through ; Thrice happy who Life ' s bitters bravely meet , And then , through grace and patience , find them sweet ! "
It will be seen , from the specimens I have given , that Mr . Wdton wears his singing robes wed . I must now , however , reluctantly conclude my extracts with a sonnet on" Church Sculpture , " which might have been written for the Masonic Maqazine : —
"A sculptor I beheld , with cunning hand , From shadeless stone , fair leaves ancl flowers untwine , Crowning the columns of a lofty shrine . Like trees those pillars rise , a noble band , Their tops of diverse foliage deftly plann'd : While oak and maple , sycamore and vine , With shamrock , lily , passion-flower combined To emulate some sylvan landscape grand .
The God of Nature is the God of Grace ; Then bring thy leaves , 0 sculptor , and thy flowers To shed their woodland beauty o ' er this place , Fann'd by the breath divine of holy hours ; Until we almost feel we see His face , Whose voice at eve tln-ill'd Eden ' s leafy bowers ! "
I had marked several other poems for extract , but I must pause , or Mr . Wdton may be clown upon me for robbing him of his copyright ! The sonnet entitled " A Cruciform Church" will have special interest for the Masons and other readers at Eotherham ; and , whether he endorses or dissents from the theology of the volume which is nowhere vulgarly intruded , every lover of genuine poesy will find plenty in its pages to amply compensate him both for its purchase and its careful perusal . Rose Cottage Stokesley .