The Lord shall slay or the Lord shall save!    He is righteous whether He save or slay,    Brother, give thanks for the gifts He gave,    Though the gifts…

�Then hey for boot and horse, lad!    And round the world away!    Young blood will have its course, lad!    And every dog his day!�    – C. Kingsley.     There�s a…

    Aylmer�s Garden, near the Lake. LAURENCE RABY and ESTELLE.     He:    Come to the bank where the boat is moor�d to the willow-tree low;    Bertha, the baby, won�t…

    �Aye, squire,� said Stevens, �they back him at evens;    The race is all over, bar shouting, they say;    The Clown ought to beat her; Dick Neville is…

In Five Parts Part I    Visions in the Smoke     Rest, and be thankful! On the verge    Of the tall cliff rugged and grey,    But whose granite base the…

    In Collins-street standeth a statue tall,*    A statue tall on a pillar of stone,    Telling its story, to great and small,    Of the dust reclaimed from the sand…

   �Turn out, boys!�, �What�s up with our super to-night?    The man�s mad, Two hours to daybreak I�d swear,    Stark mad, why, there isn�t a glimmer of light.�    �Take…

    The spring-wind pass�d through the forest, and whispered low in the leaves,    And the cedar toss�d her head, and the oak stood firm in his pride;    The…

Scene I�Discontent� LAURENCE RABY.     Laurence:    I said to young Allan M�Ilveray,    Beside the swift swirls of the North,    When, in lilac shot through with a silver ray,    We haul�d…

�There�s something in this world amiss    Shall be unriddled by-and-bye.�    – Tennyson.     Boot and saddle, see, the slanting    Rays begin to fall,    Flinging lights and colours flaunting    Through the shadows…