28 SEPTEMBER 1901, Page 17

POETRY.

SEEKERS AFTER GOD.

IP on some still and sombre night

One set a candle on the ground, The worm and the woodlouse, lured by the light, Ere long will gather round: Those dingy lodgers of the Dark, That move men's loathing and disgust, To greet the splendour of Light's poorest spark Grope through the mould and dust ! LucILLA.