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Show j Wood's 'Heavenly Discourse' Won Him World Fame as an Author Colonel Wood became world fa- On the dark mountain a child unto In the vast stillness a small cuckoo-mous cuckoo-mous for a book of satirical es- its mother, owl says which were pubUshed under I lay my head upon the lap of earth. Flutes from his burrow to the lag- the title of "Heavenly Discourse." She it was who bore me and when ging moon. He was also a gifted poet. Typical all dwindleth As a fly upon a window-pane, my af his verse is: She wil give to me her child an- soul NIGHT AND THE DESERT other birth. Feels its littleness in the cosmic bowl j Straight are her dumb, relentless And clings to the sure bosom; know- (From "Poems From the Ranges," 1929.) hps to Others ing soon Flocks of stars across the night fly But I can hear their soothing It will take care of me. Space over. through the night, wheels on The moon floats down to lovely, lu- "Be hushed, my child you too shall Toward the firm, indomitable peaks cent death join the flight." of dawn. |
