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"'Are you preaching?' asked Athalie, raising her eyes from the Green God." [Page 252]
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By
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
ILLUSTRATED BY
EDMUND FREDERICK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON: MCMXIV
Copyright, 1914, by
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
Copyright, 1913, by Harper's Bazaar, Inc.
Copyright, 1914, by The Star Co.
Printed in the United States of America
TO
PENELOPE SEARS
DEBUTANTE
To rhyme your name With something lovely, fresh and young, And sing the same In measures heretofore unsung, Is far beyond me, I'm afraid; I'll not attempt it, dearest maid.
No, not in verse, Synthetic, stately, classic, chaste, Shall I rehearse— Although in perfectly good taste— A catalogue of every grace That you inherit from your race.
Gracious and kind, The gods your beauty gave to you, And with a mind These same kind gods endowed you, too; That charming union is, I fear, Somewhat uncommon on this sphere.
I have no doubt That scores of poets chant your fame; No doubt, about A million suitors press their claim; And fashion, elegance and wit Are at your feet inclined to sit.
Penelope, The fire-light flickers to and fro: In you I see The winsome child I used to know— My little Maiden of Romance Still whirling in your Shadow Dance.
Though woman-grown, To my unreconciled surprise I gladly own The same light lies within your eyes— The same sweet candour which beguiled Your rhymster when you were a child.
And so I come, With limping verse to you again, Amid the hum Of that young world wherein you reign— Only a moment to appear And say: "Your rhymster loves you, dear."
R. W. C.