18 MAY 1889, Page 16

POETRY.

MAY MEMORIES.

! for the light-hearted Life, and the passionate Pulse, and the fetterless Feet, and the strong Stream of enthusiast Thought, when the spirit of Spring, like a bacchanal, Bore me along !

Oh! the luxuriant Leaves, and the effluent Flowers, and the resonant Raptures of song.

Oh! for the mirth-bringing Morns, and the nectarous Noons, and the exquisite Eves, when the fair Face of the noiseless queen Night, with her eloquent.

Eyes, and her azure Abysses lay bare; And, like a breath from the Briar, from the sensitive Soul rose the innocent Incense of prayer!

F. W. BOUBDILLON.