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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

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