4 SEPTEMBER 1897, Page 18

POETRY.

BLIND.

BLOW, blow, 0 wind, the clouds aside That I may see the stars !

In heaven glimmers far and wide The burnished shield of Mars; And Jupiter and Venus ride The night in glittering cars !

Blow, blow, 0 wind, the clouds aside That I may see the stars !

Nay ! God has flung His darkness wide, And set the unyielding bars ; And Day and Night, unheeded, ride The world in glittering cars !

WILFRID WILSON GIBSON.