5 DECEMBER 1903, Page 31

POETRY.

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON ETONA DISCEDENTI.

FareNn, "he shall reign who wonders," is it so P Then you have made us kings, who thrilled to hear Your golden legends, as you brought so near The shadowy past, and left our hearts aglow.

And all, to whom you gave the wish to know Realms undivined, because you held them dear, Quickened to love and trust and persevere, Would thank you once to-day before you go.

And yet because your every thought was kind, And you, alike to youth and age allied, Believed the good, to which our eyes were blind, Inspired the peace our petty lives belied, Friend, of the liberal and the loving mind, 'Tie only we that pass, but you abide.

Etonac, Fundatoris die natali.