So cried I, bitterly thrusting pity aside, Closing my lids to sleep. But sleep came not, And pity, with sad eyes, Crept to my side, and told me That the life of all creatures is brave and pityful Whether they be men, with dark thoughts to vex them, Or birds, wheeling in the swift joys of flight, Or brittle ephemerids, spinning to death in the haze Of gold that quivers on dim evening waters; Nor would she be denied. The harshness died Within me, and my heart Was caught and fluttered like the palpitant heart Of a brown quail, flying To the call of her blind sister, And death, in the spring night. SONG AT SANTA CRUZ Were there lovers in the lanes of Atlantis: Meeting lips and twining fingers In the mild Atlantis springtime? How should I know If there were lovers in the lanes of Atlantis When the dark sea drowned her mountains Many ages ago? Were there poets in the paths of Atlantis: Eager poets, seeking beauty To adorn the women they worshipped? How can I say If there were poets in the paths of Atlantis? For the waters that drowned her mountains Washed their beauty away. Were there women in the ways of Atlantis: Foolish women, who loved, as I do, Dreaming that mortal love was deathless? Ask me not now If there were women in the ways of Atlantis: There was no woman in all her mountains Wonderful as thou! * * * * * BIBLIOGRAPHY (Some of these lists are incomplete. They include poetical works only.) LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE Interludes and Poems. John Lane. 1908 Mary and the Bramble. ('Out of print'.) 1910 The Sale of St. Thomas. [1] " " 1911 Emblems of Love. John Lane. 1912 Deborah (play). " " 1913 Four Short Plays. Martin Seeker. 1922 MARTIN ARMSTRONG Exodus and Other Poems. Lynwood and Co. 1912 Thirty New Poems. Chapman and Hall. 1918 The Buzzards. Martin Seeker. 1921 EDMUND BLUNDEN The Waggoner. Sidgwick and Jackson. 1920 The Shepherd. R. Cobden-Sanderson. 1922 WILLIAM H. DAVIES