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Show ' . LIFE AND DEATH. Prom mora to ee they stniRRled Life and Death. , At first it seemed to me that thr to mirth Contended, and a (oes of equal worth. Bo firm their feet, so undisturbed their breath. But vhea the sharp red sun cut through its shNth Of western clouds, I saw the brown arms' (irth Tighten and bear that radiant form to earth, And suddenly both roll upon the heath. And then the wonder came for when I fled ! To where those (treat antagonists down fell I I could not find the body that I sought, And when and where It went I could not tell. One only form woe left of those who fought. The long, dark form of Deathand It was dead. Cosmo M onhouse. |