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'Pigeons on the Sculptured faints

[Old Trinity, New York]

By S T E L L A G . S. P E R R Y , Alpha

In foliate arches stand the saints in line hordes

Like silent cedars by a turbulent glade
Or sacred grove upon a palisade
Above this flood of men, aloof, divine.
To pigeons, wearied of their hungry quest
For food and drink 'mid wheels and worrying
With tree-nostalgic eyes, each saint affords
A quiet haven and a place to rest.

So let the mind, fatigued with foreign noise Ei>cning Post
And worn with famished searching in the street,
Uplifting from the dust, take homing flight,
In some high tranquil place a moment poise,
Find sanctuary at some sage's feet,
On sainted heart serene fold wing and sight.

—New York

The (fireplace

By E L I Z A B E T H W E N N I N G , NU Omicron

11:00 P.M.
In an open fire

Wee sooty creatures
Dance out their ire;

Arabesque, grotesque features
Whirl about
Flashing before the eye.

Soon they are without
Heading toward the sky:
Vacant stand narrow halls

And life between four walls.

1:00 A.M.
So into the grate of my mind

Dancing thoughts appear;
Stealing into heart and head,
Imagined in yellow, imaged in red,

The past is pictured here.
Not long they linger; dreams must fly,
Fairylike, but never die:

Their ash is left behind.