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Pray G.o.d, Who s.h.i.+nes afar Like a friendly pilot star, Help us set our course aright By Thy Holy Beacon Light, For the Port where live the blest, And in Thy Harbour give us rest.

DISTINCTIVE NEW POETRY

The notable nature of the Erskine Macdonald books may be gauged from the following current list:

Cor Cordium

A Book of Love Poems. By Alfred Williams. Large 8vo, cloth, 3s.

6d. net.

Nature and other Poems

By Alfred Williams (Author of ”Songs in Wilts.h.i.+re.”) Large 8vo, cloth, 5s. net.

_The price of ”Songs in Wilts.h.i.+re,” (published at 5s.) has been advanced to 7s. 6d. net. ”Poems in Wilts.h.i.+re” has gone out of print._

_The Times._--”Wonder and astonishment are great words with great a.s.sociations. But there are few men living in England today of whom they can be more fairly used, in their most exact and literal sense, than of Mr. Alfred Williams....”

_The Observer._--”Those who love poetry look out for the work of Alfred Williams. His poems have the fragrance and simplicity that come from a strong, sincere mind that is in close touch with nature.”

Enchantments

By John Gurdon (Author of ”Erinna,” ”Dramatic Lyrics,” etc.) Large crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. net.

_The Times._--”Finely-coloured nature pictures or eloquent expressions of pa.s.sionate emotion, with a recurrent note of melancholy.”

_Manchester Guardian._--”Mr. Gurdon's verses are always accomplished, their rhythm is extremely sensitive and well sustained, their imagery vivid and harmonious.”

_The Outlook._--”There is no mistaking who are Mr. Gurdon's masters. He has spent his days and nights with Swinburne and Keats, and learnt from them the intoxication of fine rhythms and pa.s.sionate phrases.... Through all the verses in this little volume there is that thing which only the real poets have--a sense of freedom in verse and a great joy in writing it.”

ERSKINE MACDONALD, London, W.C.

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