Acanthus and Wild Grape

Book Excerpt: the heightOf that dark heaven, not a single starTo whisper;--Love and Life the victors are.It seemed to them that wrong had conquered right.O ye who watch and wait, the night is long.A curtain of spun fire and woven gloomAcross the mighty tragedy is drawn.But soon your ears shall hear a triumph song,And golden light shall touch each sacred tomb,And voices shout at last--The Dawn! The Dawn.AUGUST, 1916.GONE WEST_Dedicated to Lieutenant Rodolphe Lemieux, killed in action August ...