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And regal in raiment of purple and umber and amber and gold�察�
And girt with the glamor of conquest and scarved with red
symbols of pride�察�From the hills in their might and their mirth on the
steeds of the wind will they ride�察�
To make sport and make spoil of the Summer�察 �who dwells in a
dream on the plain�察 �Still tented in opulent ease in the camps of her
indolent train。
;TIME STEALS FROM LOVE;
TIME steals from Love all but Love's wings�察�And how should aught
but evil things�察 �Or any good but death�察�befall Him that is thrall unto
Time's thrall�察�Slave to the lesser of these Kings�拭�
O heart of youth that wakes and sings� �O golden vows and golden
rings� �Life mocks you with the tale of all Time steals from Love� �
O riven lute and writhen strings�察 �Dead bough whereto no blossom
clings�察 �The glory was ephemeral� �Nor may our Autumn grief recall
The passion of the perished Springs Time steals from Love� �
THE RONDEAU
YOUR rondeau's tale must still be light No bugle´call to life's stern
fight� �Rather a smiling interlude Memorial to some transient mood
Of idle love and gala´night。
Its manner is the merest sleight O' hand�察�yet therein dwells its might�察�
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For if the heavier touch intrude Your rondeau's stale。
Fragrant and fragile�察�fleet and bright�察�And wing'd with whim�察�it gleams
in flight Like April blossoms wind´pursued Down aisles of tangled
underwood�察�Nor be too serious when you write Your rondeau's tail� �
VISITORS
THEY haunt me�察�they tease me with hinted Withheld revelations�察�The
songs that I may not utter�察 �They lead me�察 �they flatter�察 �they woo me。 I
follow�察�I follow�察�I snatch At the veils of their secrets in vain For lo� �they
have left me and vanished�察�The songs that I cannot sing。
There are visions elusive that come With a quiver and shimmer of
wings�察�Shapes shadows and shapes�察�and the murmur Of voices�察�Shapes�察�
that out of the twilight Leap�察�and with gesture appealing Seem to deliver a
message�察�And are gone 'twixt a breath and a breath�察�Shapes that race in
with the waves Moving silverly under the moon�察�
And are gone ere they break into foam on the rocks And recede�察�
Breathings of love from invisible Flutes�察 �Blown somewhere out in the
tender Dusk�察 �That die on the bosom of Silence�察 �Formless�察�And fleeter
than thought�察�Vaguer than thought or emotion�察�What are these visitors�拭�
Out of the vast and uncharted Realms that encircle the visible world�察�
With a glimmer of light on their pinions�察�They rush 。 。 。 They waver�察�they
vanish�察 �Leaving me stirred with a dream of the ultimate beauty�察�A
sense of the ultimate music�察�I never shall capture�察�
They are Beauty�察�Formless and tremulous Beauty�察�
Beauty unborn�察 �Beauty as yet unappareled In thought�察 �Beauty that
hesitates�察 �Falters�察 �Withdraws from the verge of birth�察 �Flutters�察 �Retreats
from the portals of life�察 �O Beauty for ever uncaptured� �O songs that I
never shall sing� �
THE PARTING
WE have come ;the primrose way�察─ �Folly�察 �thou and I� �Such a
glamor and a grace Ever glimmered on thy face�察�Ever such a witchery Lit
the laughing eyes of thee�察�Could a fool like me withstand Folly's feast and
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beckoning hand�拭 �Drinking�察 �how thy lips' caress Spiced the cup of
waywardness� �So we came ;the primrose way�察─ �Folly�察�thou and I� �
But now�察�Folly�察�we must part�察 �Folly�察�thou and I� �Shall one look with
mirth or tears Back on all his wasted years�察�Purposes dissolved in wine�察�
Pearls flung to the heedless swine�拭�
Idle days and nights of mirth�察�Were they pleasures nothing worth�拭�Well�察�
there's no gainsaying we Squandered youth right merrily� �But now�察�Folly�察�
we must part�察 �Folly�察�thou and I� �
AN OPEN FIRE
THESE logs with drama and with dream are rife�察 �For all their
golden Summers and green Springs Through leaf and root they sucked the
forest's life�察 �Drank in its secret�察 �deep�察 �essential things�察 �Its midwood
moods�察�its mystic runes�察 �Its breathing hushes stirred of faery wings�察�Its
August nights and April noons�察�The garnered fervors of forgotten Junes
Flare forth again and waste away�察 �And in the sap that leaps and sings
We hear again the chant the cricket flings Across the hawthorn´scented
dusks of May。
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REALITIES
REALITIES
WE are deceived by the shadow�察 �we see not the substance of
things。 For the hills are less solid than thought�察 �and deeds are but
vapors�察�and flesh Is a mist thrown off and resumed by the soul�察�as a
world by a god。 Back of the transient appearance dwells in inef´
fable calm The utter reality�察�ultimate truth�察�this seems and that is。
THE STRUGGLE
I HAVE been down in a dark valley�察 �I have been groping through a
deep gorge�察�Far above�察�the lips of it were rimmed with moon´ light�察�
And here and there the light lay on the dripping rocks So that it
seemed they dripped with moonlight�察 �not with water�察�So deep it was�察�
that narrow gash among the hills�察�That those great pines which fringed its
edge Seemed to me no larger than upthrust fingers Silhouetted against the
sky�察�And at its top the vale was strait�察�And the rays were slant And reached
but part way down the sides�察 �I could not see the moon itself�察 �I walked
through darkness�察�and the valley's edge Seemed almost level with the stars�察�
The stars that were like fireflies in the little trees。
It was the midnight of defeat�察�I felt that I had failed�察�I was mocked of
the gods�察�There was no way out of that gorge�察�The paths led no whither
And I could not remember their beginnings�察 �I was doomed to wander
evermore�察�Thirsty�察 �with the sound of mocking waters in mine ears�察�
Groping�察 �with gleams of useless light Splashed in ironic beauty on the
rocks above。 And so I whined。
And then despair flashed into rage�察�I leapt erect�察�and cried�此 �Could I
but grasp my life as sculptors grasp the clay And knead and thrust it into
shape again� �If all the scorn of Heaven were but thrown Into the focus of
some creature I could clutch� �If something tangible were but vouchsafed
me By the cold�察�far gods� �If they but sent a Reason for the failure of my
life I'd answer it�察�If they but sent a Fiend�察�I'd conquer it� �
But I reach out�察�and grasp the air�察�I rage�察�and the brute rock echoes my
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words in mockery How can one fight the sliding moonlight on the
cliffs�拭�You gods�察�coward gods�察�Come down�察�I challenge you� �You who
set snares with roses and with passion�察�You who make flesh beautiful and
damn men through the flesh�察�You who plump the purple grape and
then put poison in the cup�察�You who put serpents in your Edens�察�You
who gave me delight of my senses and broke me for it�察 �You who
have mingled death with beauty�察 �You who have put into my blood the
impulses for which you cursed me�察�You who permitted my brain the
doubts wherefore you damn me�察 �Behold�察 �I doubt you�察 �gods�察 �no
longer�察�but defy� �I perish here�拭�Then I will be slain of a god� �You who
have wrapped me in the scorn of your silence�察�The divinity in this same
dust you flout
i〃Flames through the dust�察 �And dares�察 �And flings you back your
scorn�察�Come�察�face to face�察�and slay me if you will�察�But not until you've
felt the weight Of all betricked humanity's contempt In one bold blow� �
Speak forth a Reason�察�and I will answer it�察�Yes�察�to your faces I will answer
it�察�Come garmented in flesh and I will fight with you�察�Yes�察�in your faces
will I smite you�察 �gods�察 �Coward gods and tricksters that set traps In
paradise� �Far gods that hedge yourselves about with silence And with
distance�察 �That mock men from the unscalable escarpments of your
Heavens。;
Thus I raved�察�being mad。 I had no sooner finished speaking than I felt
The darkness fluttered by approaching feet�察�And the silence was burned
through by trembling flames of sound�察 �And I was 'ware that
Something stood by me。
And with a shout I leapt and grasped that Being�察 �And the Thing
grasped me。 We came to wrestling grips�察�And back and forth we swayed�察�
Hand seeking throat�察 �and crook'd k