1 JANUARY 1921, Page 25

POETRY.

THE AMEND.

On Loveliness, sweet Joy, Healeth again The heart her fluttering Boy Hath shot with pain.

Her Boy with dart on string, How fair he seemed—

Such woe that he could bring Who could have dreamed?

How soft the arrow sang Through the spring air— Who could have dreamed the pang Its voice could bear?

Yet penitent, sweet bon She granteth rest, To heal her Lad's annoy, On her own breast.

IOLO ANEURIN WILLIAMS.