3 FEBRUARY 1933, Page 18

The Red Square, Moscow (Lenin Lo q uitur) I USED this life

for what it is,

—A field for economic strife.

I knew there was no second life And there is nothing that I miss.

What would I ask for, more than this ?

I took Reality to wife.

She gave me what I asked,—a knife Whose edge was sweeter than a kiss.

Faith dropped, I played for Truth instead ; Fancy I told to disappear.

(Deal the cards well, when you begin ;

The hand that holds the trumps will win.)

Has Fancy gone ? or is she here ?

Folk come to look upon me, dead. R. V. V.