THE
GLEBE
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 2
SEPTEMBER
1914
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POEMS
George Cronyn
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POEMS
POEMS
GEORGE W. CRONYN
NEW YORK
ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI
96 FIFTH AVENUE
1914
Copyright, 1914
By
Albert and Charles Boni
To touch the sleeping lids of Beauty
Drawing thru finger-tips her dream—a birth
Of hell and heaven for a nobler earth;
This is the poet’s duty.
To sleep with stars, to dream a flower,
From passing shadows pluck profound relation,
With a divine wonder at its emanation;
This is the poet’s power.
THE PRAYER
Like a cat beside a pool
More than half afraid of it,
Fishing gingerly I sit
Here beside this pool of wit—
Dumb as any fool!
Chirrups humor in the grass;
Winds of tickling laughter pass,
And the world grows wise forsooth,
Lets gleam amused tooth
Seeing in this w