Part 14 (1/2)

By his cart's side the wagoner Is slouching slowly at his ease, Half-hidden in the windless blur Of white dust puffing to his knees

This wagon on the height above, Fro that seems to move In all the heat-held land

Beyond rass and hath his will; I count the uerites one by one; Even the buttercups are still

On the brook yonder not a breath Disturbs the spider or the looe

Where the far elrass, The cows, each with her peaceful cud, Lie waiting for the heat to pass

From somewhere on the slope near by Into the pale depths of the noon A wandering thrush slides leisurely His thin revolving tune

In intervals of drearasshoppers spin into mine ear A saze: The burning sky-line blinds ht: The woods far off are blue with haze: The hills are drenched in light

And yet to me not this or that Is always sharp or always sweet; In the sloped shadow of my hat I lean at rest, and drain the heat; Nayidly here: In the full furnace of this hour My thoughts grow keen and clear

Archibald Lampman

THE TWO PATHS

Hear, O s; And the years of thy life shall be ht thee in the way of wisdooest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stuo: Keep her; For she is thy life

Enter not into the Path of the Wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men

Avoid it, Pass not by it; Turn from it, And pass on

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence

But the Path of the Righteous is as the light of dawn, That shi+neth more and more unto the perfect day

The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble

Proverbs, IV

BERNARDO DEL CARPIO

(The Spanish cha made many ineffectual efforts to procure the release of his father, the Count Saldana, who had been i Alfonso, at last took up arms The war proved so destructive that the people de, Saldana's liberty

Alfonso offered Bernardo possession of his father's person in exchange for his castle Bernardo accepted the offer, gave up his castle, and rode forth with the king to meet his father)