13 AUGUST 1921, Page 16

ABSENT LOVERS.

(From the Chinese.) IN the night the beloved Floats upon the lake of memory Like a water lily.

Ripples of desire rock her to and fro ; The moon, rising, kisses her golden face.

But the Poet Stands upon the shore of memory Like a figure of porcelain.

His image is mirrored in the water, And the ripples Break it into fragments. C. H. KORAN,