StNicholas [serial] . A HEADINGFOR MARCH. BY STANISLAUS F. MC NEILL, AGE 17. (CASH PRIZE.) THE DAYS OF LONG AGO BY ESTHER ALLISON TIFFANY (AGE 16)( Gold Badge) As in the deep enchanted glass Of her whose life was fraught with woe,In far , before me pass, Shifting, changing, to and fro,Bright shadows, from the days gone by, Of mighty men of long ago. Though in the depths a golden haze Half hides the forms that faintly show, Of Iliums fame I see the blaze, Which dies with Hectors overthrow. And dim th Olympian gods pass by,Great monarchs of the long ago. The glass now darkens with the hu
StNicholas [serial] . A HEADINGFOR MARCH. BY STANISLAUS F. MC NEILL, AGE 17. (CASH PRIZE.) THE DAYS OF LONG AGO BY ESTHER ALLISON TIFFANY (AGE 16)( Gold Badge) As in the deep enchanted glass Of her whose life was fraught with woe,In far , before me pass, Shifting, changing, to and fro,Bright shadows, from the days gone by, Of mighty men of long ago. Though in the depths a golden haze Half hides the forms that faintly show, Of Iliums fame I see the blaze, Which dies with Hectors overthrow. And dim th Olympian gods pass by,Great monarchs of the long ago. The glass now darkens with the hueOf angry seas,—storm-clouds hang low. A viking bark with fierce-eyed crew,Bears down the blast through sleet andsnow. Sea-robbers dread are sailing by,From those wild days of long ago. Now mirrored, see a radiance soft,A roadside group, one face aglow, And almost hear, repeated oft, The words, See how the lilies grow, As He of Nazareth walks by,In holy days of long ago. It always happens, when we have one ofour old
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