. The Sweet Briar Magazine. g,waiting, for this hour. Now I might learn the mystery ofthe voice of shells, the ever-echoing sound never, never listened now, as often when a boy, and vowed once moreto find the cause. Eagerly I pursued my way through endless mazy ! twas some one singing, the ghost of Lorelei. I creptalong stealthily, for my footsteps echoed so. The waygrew steeper, steeper—high and far away I saw a throne,and there the queen sat singing, waiting for her lord. Ilooked again, and then I knew that it was Celia, and shewas waiting there for me. But the way was very
. The Sweet Briar Magazine. g,waiting, for this hour. Now I might learn the mystery ofthe voice of shells, the ever-echoing sound never, never listened now, as often when a boy, and vowed once moreto find the cause. Eagerly I pursued my way through endless mazy ! twas some one singing, the ghost of Lorelei. I creptalong stealthily, for my footsteps echoed so. The waygrew steeper, steeper—high and far away I saw a throne,and there the queen sat singing, waiting for her lord. Ilooked again, and then I knew that it was Celia, and shewas waiting there for me. But the way was very slipped, crying feebly for my Celia. THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE 37 She raised me, whispering silly things, so really incon-sistent; something about sun-strokes and my first regain-ing consciousness. I started to tell her not to bother meat all, and then I felt as though I had not seen her for along, long time, and I sobbed quite weakly, not knowingwhether for joy or sorrow. But Celia was there! Lucile Marshall, THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE 3nOian Summer Soft days of mist, When land and sky and listless air Are bathed in purple haze;When earth seems lulled in one forgetting dream? And nights blend softly with the drowsy days. Brief days of peace, When silence soft steals oer the land, And Earth breathes deep relief,In dim and veiled Nirvana passionless, Forgetting all her past and future grief. Rebecca White,
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