The sun turns north, the days grow long, Later the evening star grows bright-- How can the daylight linger on For men to fight, Still fight? The grass is waking in the ground, Soon it will rise and blow in waves-- How can it have the heart to sway Over the graves, New graves? Under the boughs where lovers walked The apple-blooms will shed their breath-- But what of all the lovers now Parted by Death, Grey Death? _Sara Teasdale_ OCCASIONAL NOTES ASQUITH, HERBERT. He received a commission in the Royal Marine Artillery at the end of 1914 and served as a Second Lieutenant with an Anti- Aircraft Battery in April, 1915, returning wounded during the following June. He became a full Lieutenant in July, but was invalided home after about six weeks. In June, 1916, he joined the Royal Field Artillery and went out to France once again with a battery of field guns at the beginning of March, 1917. Since that time he has been steadily on active service. BEWSHER, PAUL. He was educated at St. Paul's School, and is a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Air Service. BINYON, LAURENCE. His war writings include _The Winnowing Fan_ and _The Anvil_, published in America under the title of _The Cause_. BRIDGES, ROBERT. He has been Poet-Laureate of England since 1913. BROOKE, RUPERT. He was born at Rugby on August 3, 1887, and became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, in 1913. He was made a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in September, 1914; accompanied the Antwerp expedition in October of the same year; and sailed with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on February 28, 1915. He died in the Aegean, on April 23, and lies buried in the island of Skyros. See the memorial poems in this volume, _The Island of Skyros_, by John Masefield; and _Rupert Brooke_, by Moray Dalton. His war poetry appears in the volume entitled _1914 and other Poems_, and in his _Collected Poems_. CAMPBELL, WILFRED. This well-known Canadian poet has lately published _Sagas of Vaster Britain, War Lyrics_, and _Canada's Responsibility to the Empire_. His son, Captain Basil Campbell, joined the Second Pioneers. CHESTERTON, CECIL EDWARD. He has been editor of the _New Witness_ since 1912, and is a private in the Highland Light Infantry. His war writings include _The Prussian hath said in his Heart_, and _The Perils of Peace_. CHESTERTON, GILBERT KEITH. This brilliant and versatile author has written many essays on phases of the war, including weekly contributions to _The Illustrated London News_. CONE, HELEN GRAY. She has been Professor of English in Hunter College since 1899. Her war poetry appears in the volume entitled _A Chant of Love for England, and other Poems_.