7 JUNE 1930, Page 18

As the Train Passed

As the train passed I had a glimpse of the forest glade, And there, clear-glassed In still water, stood a Sonthal maid.

Small-breasted, naked she stood, and black In the lustful sun, With sallow teak-flowers at her back, And with just one Great red hibiscus flame in her hair.

Pale amethyst Water-lilies spun for her their snare Of daeclal mist, As round their green Chalices her antic shadow played. . . .

And I had seen No more the pool or the Sonthal maid.

A. R. U.