22 JANUARY 1921, Page 15

POETRY.

THE NEWCOMER.

I tan her little toes, And there behold The daisy more chaste and cold; A more virgin-fair primrose.

No prouder man can be, When in her eyes I see Sweet recognition glow.

It is a foolish thing, I know;

For, the great Hand that wrought her Made other, babies so,- –But this one is my daughter ! Cnuaca.

RICHARD