Walton High School - Periwinkle Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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7329 O 5 4 9 0. - .I 5 w I I BUSINESS AND ART BOARDS OF THE PERIWINKLE LITERARY BOARD OF THE PERIWINKLE

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Poetry, because of the harmony, rhythm, and cadence of its lines, is also an inspiration for music, Even in the medieval days, the bards and minstrels sang their legends, for the accompaniment of the harp or lyre added much beauty and romance to the epic. In recent times, we have the example of Joyce Kilmer, whose well-loved poem Trees has been set to a melody as hauntingly sweet as the words themselves. This is but one instance in which a poet's thoughts have been an inspiration to the musician's pen. lust as poets inspire artists and musicians, they also inspire one another, Great poets always have great masters, Virgil was the star which Tennyson worshipped and followed and the light which led Dante through the realms of darkness to the gates of heaven. Virgil, the master of literature, has for two thousand years been the guide of those whose spirits he has fired with his golden thoughts and phrases. lohn lvlasefield, now the poet laureate of England, was once a poor boy who earned his livelihood as a waiter in a barroom. Yet, when he went to his dingy little room late at night, tired and worn out with fatigue, he took out his treasured volume of Spenserg and in the flickering light of the pale gas he was soon transported to a world of dreams, beauty, and loveliness. Spenser became the master of this young man and taught him to create for others this same world of the imagination. One of the greatest influences of the poet is upon ourselves, for many of the things he has written apply to us just as much as to the hero or heroine. Thus, we find ourselves, like the hero of Virgil's Aeneid, leaving our home in this school, and setting out on a journey in which we will be buffeted about by the fates until we too reach a promised land, We may have to give up many things in our quest, but in the end courage and faith will persevere. Now, as we leave these gates, a new world stretches forth and we see the morning star glowing on the horizon to guide us to future success and happiness. D CERTRUDE ELION C 5 I Q I I 0 S s Q I l Y?

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A Sonnel lo Silence l stood alone upon a windy hill, The sky was ghostly gray, and on the ground A tew leaves tluttered, softly, without Sound, And then the air hung curtain-like and still, And silence took on torm betore my eyes, Like ancient hills inhabiting all space, And curving ever upward, tace to face, An undulating gesture to the skies. Nor was there light nor shade the earth around, But luminous twilight then did calmly dream, And pearl-gray heavens whence no star did gleam But made the tranquil stillness more profound. And l upon a windy hill did stand, Amid the quiet peace of a forgotten land. ROSE SOBEI. QQ O 6 5 I Q- I' -O I Q N l be