THE PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE
By Hugh Walpole
Macmillan And Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London
New Edition September,1919
TO MY FRIEND R. A. STREATFIELD
Up vistaed hopes I sped;
And shot, precipitated Adown Titanic glooms of chasmed fears,
From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.
But with unhurrying chase,
And unperturbed pace,
Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
They beat—and a Voice beat
More instant than the Feet—
All things betray thee, who betrayest Me.
The Hound of Heaven.
16 HALLAM STREET,
October 11, 1911.