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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1922)
Poetry By Wilkie Nelson Collins GURNARD’S HEAD (From Tlie Bellman, Minneapolis) I mperturbablc! The liever-yielding rocks, Worn ironstone protruding marble veins; —Flesh-wasted, but all sinews stalwart still— Confronting unremitting waves, The plumed battalions of the sea Leaping upon defense impregnable. j Implacable! The ocean’s ravining spring, And elute,king, tearing, shrieking fiorce recoil, That frays contending forms it cannot take,— Corroding winds that search the coigns; 1 The keen sun’s shafts of bitter light, And sweeping storm-clouds’ canisters of hail. Intolerable! The elemental strife The gluts the universe with ruthless force— Involving, overwhelming in a dire Inherent chaos with itself The stricken soul mute-witnessing Life’s brutal fact—primeval, ultimate. Cornwall, January. THE SHIP IN PORT: MIDNIGHT From the Nautical Magazine, Glasgow The blessed comfort that is there! She lies Quiet against the gloomy stretch of dock, With deck-lights glimmering And her ports alight— Our waiting shelter from the city’s glare. In many ports our haven still! We know The city’s specious ways, its sharks of trade, Its purchased kindness And its unconcern, Its heart that glows for gain, its hu man chill. O arms of friends, far hearth of home, O eyes That greet the wanderer when the day is done, The household stillness Ami the soft-piled couch! Here lies your counterpart for us who roam. Her lights of voyaging are out— No glare Minister of baleful green and threaten ing red, Nor mast-heads’ pallid And distorted gleam, Cast on our thoughts of sleep a warning doubt. Soft breath of steam whispering “Good . night”; Loved smell Confused of paint and rope and freight age piled; The narrow passage; The accustomed bunk; And sheltered forfeiture of sound and sight. 1’icr lb, North River, New York City. ! CAEM From “The Hough Log of an American Cadet in the Merchant Marine.” Ocean, lie still, Cease striving!— Forever urgent, unaware of rest, BOOTS and SHOES MADE to ORDER IIifffli Quality Repair Work PROGRESSIVE SHOE SHOP 73 East 9tli Avenue FEWER SHOVELS FULL— of good eoal arc needed to give you the same number of heat energies. “Good eoal burns a long time, warms longer, and is least expensive of all,” savs Mr. Coal Man. “Read the Coal Man Chats” Rainier Coal Co. 19 East 9th Ave. Phone 412 r n s;i tiable, Tireless, | ] J Unremitting, Waxing nor waning, but full-fervoured ever. Not your storm-stress overwhelms me— The raring waves Piled eaeh on other, The far-out wind-raped crests, The booming at the beach. Not these! Your storm is like my waxing strength. But your calm not like my wanel No surcease— The tugging tide Dragging the shore; The ground swells moving Sinuous beneath your film; Magnetic currents Pulling the passing keels; Your still unceasing movement And unwearying strength. You do not gain or lose, b3t ever are. Not yours decline or growth, but sim ple change— Transformed exertion, Not the lapse of rest. My weakness rouses at your storm; Scarcely my strength can front your calm. Pet surcease be— An instant only! That from you —Continuous intolerable!— My strength may gain assurance By that instant’s dearth of power. St. Ives Bay, December, 1911. PLEDGING ANNOUNCED Delta Gamma announces the pledging of Esther Church of Sheridan, Wyom ing, and Cleo Base of Portland, Oregon. BEZDEK FINALLY REFUSES $20,000 OFFER OF CLUB Penn State, Dec. 13.—Hugo Bezdek clioses to coach Penn State. In so act ing he turned down a $20,000 offer of the Philadelphia Ball Club to act! as the Phillie’s mentor. This final answer came after persistent attempts on the part of the baseball world to snare him away from the Quaker University. Get the Classified Ad habit. Turkey and Plum Pudding served CHRISTMAS DAY from 11:30 a. m. to 7 :30 p. m. 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