23 JUNE 1928, page 5

The Prayer Book

T HE extremists have prevailed. Their tactics were not co-ordinated, but in effect no two bodies could have egged on one another more successfully to defeat the moderate......

Compensation

Deep down below where angry water swirls, The oyster turns its wounds to precious pearls ; And poets, when an unjust critic stings, Birceive that Song has healing in its wings.......

Poetry

On Eaters of Larks Dear Shelley, animate my verse To fix a pestilential curse On epicures with evil eyes For holy singers of the skies(......