O LAD AND LASS 186

O GLEAM AND GLOOM AND WOODLAND BLOOM 187

THE SERMON OF THE ROSE 191

[Illustration: (ILLUSTRATIONS--TAILPIECE)]




RILEY LOVE-LYRICS




[Illustration: (AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE)]




AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE


As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone,
And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known,
So I turn the leaves of fancy till, in shadowy design,
I find the smiling features of an old sweetheart of mine.

[Illustration: (AND I LIGHT MY PIPE IN SILENCE)]