The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07
THE WARNER BROTHERS COMPANY
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21 poems on all kinds of subjects, run ming from Classified Ads; T Have Stood Face to Face With God" Out of a Job,'' Our Pastor," Publicity and
 'The Press
 There is a poem called Lovers Yet married lovers, at that telling of love; true, t-you-dispute-it, all that sort of thing love- for instance:
 Lover and sweetheart, man and wife,
 Through fifty years of married life,
 Endearing names and lovers kiss,
 As days go by are never missed
 Lovers yet lovers yet.
 These are the words l send-lovers yet"
 The above is one of five stanzas to
 Lovers Yet" There Is one great thing about poetry-if you are an adept, to a greater or lesser degree, you can say so much in such small space. Take that verse, for instance. Two lovers married and strange to say they are after 50 years Towers yet" It is true that "endearing names and lovers kiss as days go by are never missed,' is somewhat doubtful in its meaning. Whether the endearing names and the kisses were not wanted. nor offered, or you couldn't get em after 50 years ?-well, what do you think? But in that stanza there is study, anyhow
 Whatever the poet means. That's an- other real charm to poetry-you never can tell positively what the poet means. If you can, 1t is mighty poor poetry, that's all But in that one stanxa there is much more than is usually placed with in the covers of a best seller" You could if you were so minded, spend hours
 working out the problem in that quoted stanza. If you were married you'd give one answer; if you wished to be, and couldn't, it is ten to one you'd give the other-but not quite so authoritative
 Heart Poems" has some good poetry
 within its pages.
 "Iblis in Paradise" Story of the Temp tation, by George Roe (Henry Altremus Co.) Lovers of Omar Khayyan-and who is not?--wil welcome another Persian clas- sic that breathes the same mystical charm of the Orient that pervaoes the quartrains of the Tentmaker. Like Fitzgerald s Rubaiyat, MT. George Roe's ''Iblis in Par adise" goes beyond the limitations of the Slavish translation. Though for the most part founded upon well-known oriental legends, it is original in form and is so to speak, a composite version of several ancient folk tales that center about Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, the serpent and Israfel, the fallen angel. The passage quoted below, describing the creation of Eve, is a charming example of MT. Roe poetical prose:
 But when Khuda (God) had looked again for the attributes which he had used in the creation of Adam. behold He found that they were well-ntgh exhaust ed in giving life to the man whom He had said should be Lord over all the earth So He took, in their stead. the gentle beauty of the calm sky and the restlessness of the sea, and the pink blush ,,,1 hA uynf n the lily. and the straightness of an arrow and the subtlety of a serpent. and the hardness of porphyry, and the gentleness of the dove, and the fierceness of the tiger. and the heat of fire and the cold of snow; and He breathed into the rib. and | To, a living woman stood before Him" MT Roe has for many years been a profound student of Oriental languages and literature and he is recalled by the general reader as one of the transators
 of the quartrains of Omar. His present
 book is charmingly presented in full Per