25 OCTOBER 1940, Page 11

LIFE DRAWING IN

THE robin whistles again. Day's arches narrow. Tender and quiet skies lighten the seeding flowers.

Spiders beshcen the dew. . . And that tiny arrow Circuiting high in the blue, this year's last swallow, Knows where the coast of far, mysterious, sun-wild Africa lours.

WALTER DE LA MARE.