before Drake and Cook in inspiration of songs that have perished with perished memories or whether she came in some mysterious way about a century ago. It is for you to decide whether she dwells in Oregon now and whether she has reached out her white fingers and touched the following poets.
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LULU PIPER AIKEN
Mrs. Lulu Piper Aiken lives at Ontario and is the wife of George Aiken, publisher of the Ontario Argus. She was graduated from Macalester College, a Presbyterian school in St. Paul, Minnesota. After her marriage in 1912 she lived for four years in the state of Washington and has since made her home at Ontario, in the smiling land between the desert and the Snake. She has contributed articles, poems and juvenile stories to the magazines, and since the fall of 1933 has conducted a well-known literary column in the Argus. It is called “The Old and the New” and is devoted to Oregon poets and their work.
Night Flight
While through the night's dark cover
There comes a pulsing note that sings—
The birds are passing over.
With long and rhythmic sweep
Of pinions; till the long night wanes
They fly the starry deep.
They beat in speeding darts;
And oh, the matchless gallantry,
The tiny, fearless hearts!
Upon their chartless flight,
And cry the ecstasy they bring
Unto the wistful night.
