THE GRAPES OF ESHCOL

BY EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER

WITH DECORATIONS BY FRANK VINCENT DU MOND

I HAVE not entered in: across my way,

Shining and deep, a silent river lies;

But sometimes, in the dawning of the day,

I see the vision of its vineyards rise.

And once, when Joy and I walked hand in hand,

One passed, his staff with purple clusters bent;

The winey juices dripped along the sand,