Thru the dark arches of many nights Your voice has led me, Groping. Across the echoing pavements Of the nights that stretch before me And past the niches Where grotesque doubts Mock me for seeking, I shall follow The impalpable strands of your voice— Like thread fine-spun from melted pearls Drawn singing Thru the darkness, Until at last I shall find you In a deep hollow of that immeasurable rock From which all nights are hewn; And your eyes will bind me forever While your long white fingers caress me. I shall not heed the waiting days As they gutter and die out. The South Witter Bynner O the true difference!— The sun at last Gilds me again And my face is no more a white stalk of celery But a golden mango And the foot-tracked mud of my heart Is sunk deep down In the blue waters and purified with a scouring Of coral.... Cranes carry peace to the east and the west And joy stands clear by the mangroves, A torch, A flamingo. This last one may be printed as a sample of the rest of the contest, and speaks for itself. It came with a little note saying “I hope it may win one of the prizes in the contest, being original free verse and very patriotic.” A Mother’s Sacrifice The day has come, beloved son— When duty’s call resound, Your father fought, and laurels won He firmly held the ground. Now honor calls you to be true, To the dear flag, red-white-and blue Long may it wave o’er land and sea— Thou sweet land of liberty. I thank the God who gave to me, So true, so brave a son— Who on the field prefers to be, Until the battle’s won. The God on high alone doth know, The torture and the nag— In sacrificing all I own, To help protect the flag. Fare-well dear boy of loyalty, To country and to home— God will reward you royally, Wherever you may roam. And when the war is o’er—Oh joy, How proud I then shall be— To find my darling soldier boy, Come home unscathed to me. Announcement We are going to have a book store in connection with The Little Review. This is not merely a plan to sell you books through a kind of mail order system, which we tried once before and which did not work out very well, but a regular book shop in the large front room of our office where you can sit by a fire and choose your books and perhaps even drink a cup of tea during your selection. It will be a beautiful shop to look at and it will have all the books you will want; or if you are the kind of person who wants books nobody else wants we can guarantee to get them for you within half a day.