  Somewhat of Autumn’s splendour round her lies; Yet deem not thou ’tis preface of her death, For there is that within her heart which saith This word that buds and blossoms in her eyes:— “Reck not the portent of the season’s skies, Nor deem yon darkling clouds aught but a breath Sundrawn from half a world that offereth Its votive incense to the year that flies.” The hand that bevels down the shortening day Is one with that which quickens leaf and wing, So prophecy of pregnance in decay Thou hast, and in thine Autumn germs of Spring; To vindicate these lips, that late have said: “They dreamed a lie who deemed thee wholly dead!” THE LITTLE LIBRARY. THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES WILL APPEAR IN DUE COURSE:— 1. The King’s Oak and Other Stories, By ROBERT CROMIE, Author of “The Crack of Doom,” “A Plunge into Space,” &c. These Stories are amongst the best things from the pen of this brilliant and popular Irish Author. 2. [Immediately. SOCIALISM: ITS STRUCTURAL STUPIDITIES, By IGNOTUS. A pungent criticism and confutation of Fabian fallacies. 3. The Eve of the World’s Tragedy; Or, The Thoughts of a Worm, By LOUIS H. VICTORY, Author of “Lady Rosalind,” “Collected Verses,” “Poems,” “The Higher Teaching of Shakespeare,” &c., &c. 4. A VOLUME OF POEMS By the world-renowned SAMUEL K. COWAN, M.A., T.C.D., Author of “Poems,” “Roses and Rue,” “Idylls of Ireland,” “Play,” “Laurel Leaves,” &c., &c. 5. A BOOK OF PROSE By one of the greatest Irish Writers of his time, W. B. YEATS, Author of “The Countess Kathleen,” “Celtic Twilight,” “The Secret Rose,” &c., &c. OTHERS TO FOLLOW. FOOTNOTE: ...Put a Girdle round the earth In forty minutes. |
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