6 APRIL 1951, Page 10

The Line and the Think

o PAINTERS, poets, wisdom drink From that small philosophic wit Who said, 'tis told, "I think a think, And then 1 make a line around it."

When think and line (or words) well fit, Forged is Art's lovely lasting link ; Yet some who make a line omit To put inside it any think, Even a foolish or distraught one.

How could they, having never thought one ?

ARUNDELL ESDAILE.