31 MAY 1935, Page 47

Simplicity

THE blue stain on the hedge's green Was flower and flower :

Who were unhappy having seen ?

But ask not why, within that hour, A joy had been Given not only to the eye.

Those bells of blue in their green place Seem'd lovelier Than words of wisdom or a lov'd face.

But ask not why ; for I should err Seeking to paint Meanings where only flowers were.

Joy came to me unsought, unsent ; And I aware I look'd on loveliness and was content.

WILLIAM SOUTAR.