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LEADING ARTICLES. 



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POETRY IN THE REVIEWS. 



AUSTRALIAN VERSE. 



The following examples of Austra- 

 lian verse, taken from an article by Mr. 

 William ■Nloore ni the February num- 

 ber of the Poetry Magazine, %\vo\\ a 

 strong feeling for open air and vast 

 spaces, and a distinct breezmess of tone. 

 This is a characteristic one would ex- 

 pect in dwellers of a new country, in- 

 spired by their virile life in the open. 

 The following is from a poem of A. B. 

 Paterson's : — ■ 



In zny wild erratic fancy visions come to me 



of Clancy 

 Gone a-drov-mo; " down the Cooper'' where 



tlie Western drovers go ; 

 \.s the stock are slowly stringing, Clancy 



rides behind them singing. 

 For the drover's life has pleasures that the 



townsfolk never know. 

 And the bush hath friends to meet him, and 



their kindly voices greet him 

 In the murmur of the breezes and the river 



on its i)ars, 

 And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit 



plains extended, 

 And at night the wondrous glory of the ever- 

 lasting stars. 



The same feeling of vastness is felt 

 in the following poem verse by Henry 

 Clarence Kendall : — 



In the psalm 

 Of thy gravt winds, and in the liturgy 

 Of singing waters, lo ! my soul has heard 

 The higher worship ; and from thee, indeed, 

 The broader foundations of a finer hope 

 Were gathered in ; and thou hast lifted up 

 The blind horizon for a larger faith ! 



THE DAGO'S POET. 



The Month brings to our notice a 

 new poet. T. A. Daly was born in 

 Philadelphia in 1 871, of Irish parents. 

 From Villa Nova College he passed to 

 Fordham University, and, having ob- 

 tained his degree, he served his appren- 

 ticeship in the literary world in the 

 office of the Philadelphia Record, 

 which he left ten years later to take up 

 the managership of the Catholic Stan- 

 dard and Times, of the same city, a 

 position which he has held ever since. 

 Alice Dease, the writer of this apprecia- 

 tion, says: — ■" T. A. Daly, despite his 



name and parentage, despite his 

 Irish feeling and his irresistible Irish 

 humour, is par excellence the Laureate 

 of the Italian immigrant in America. 

 English readers, however, will prefer 

 his haunting Kiplingesque Irish verses 

 to his ' Dago ' poems " : — 



In the corner of the alley 



Sits Cordaylia McNally, 



In the corner of the alley, where the people 



come and go 

 In a penitent procession, 

 Passing to and from Confession, 

 To the old church of St. Joseph that was 



builded long ago. 



Oh, 'tis well she knows there's many 



Has the charitable penny 



More convenient to their fingers then than 

 any other day. 



An' her tongue it is so sootherin' 



An' so masterful deluderin' 



There are mortial few whatever she'll be let- 

 ting get away. 



For, oh ! the Irish eyes of her 

 They twinkle at ye so, 

 Ye hate to think the sighs of her 

 Are part of the disguise of her. 

 So faix she has yer penn}' gathered in be- 

 fore ye know. 



There's small use in walkin' fasther 

 In the hope ye'll sneak in past her, 

 Shure she'll let ye go unnoticed wid yer little 



load o' sin. 

 lint, man, she has you spotted 

 An' yer penny good as potted, 

 For she knows that you'll be softer comin' 



out than goin' in. 



For there's nothin' but good nature 



In the manest Irish crc^ature 



Whin he feels the soul inside o' him is free 



from every blot : 

 Should Cordaylia address ye 

 Wid her sootherin' " God bless y©," 

 'Tis not you will dare to judge ir she's de- 



servin' it or not. 



A PARA13LE OF THE RICH. 



The British Rcviciv contains quite an 

 array of poems from the j-tens — we had 

 almost said lances^of G. K. Chester- 

 ton. II. Belloc, and J. C. Squire, but the 

 most notable contribution is h\ Kathc- 

 rine Tynan, " The Parable of the Rich 

 Man." The poem is inspired by the 

 noble example of many wealthy men 

 who went down with the " Titanic," and 



