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long ago� �But here in the shadows I wait�察�I wait� �
Spirits there be that pass in peace�察 �Mine passed in a whorl of wrath
and dole�察�And the hour that your choking breath shall cease I will get
my grip on your naked soul Nor pity may stay nor prayer cajole I
would drag ye whining from Hell's own gate�此 �To me�察�to me�察�ye must
pay the toll� �And here in the shadows I wait�察�I wait� �
The dead they are dead�察�they are out of the way�拭 �And a ghost is the
whim of an ailing mind�拭 �Then why did ye whiten with fear to´day
When ye heard a voice in the calling wind�拭 �Why did ye falter and look
behind At the creeping mists when the hour grew late�拭 �Ye would see
my face were ye stricken blind� �And here in the shadows I wait�察�I wait� �
Drink and forget�察�make merry and boast�察 �But the boast rings false
and the jest is thin In the hour that I meet ye ghost to ghost�察 �Stripped
of the flesh that ye skulk within�察 �Stripped to the coward soul 'ware of
its sin�察 �Ye shall learn�察 �ye shall learn�察 �whether dead men hate� �
Ah�察�a weary time has the waiting been�察�But here in the shadows I wait�察�I
wait� �
A NIGHTMARE
LEAGUES before me�察 �leagues behind�察 �Clamor warring wastes of
flood�察�All the streams of all the worlds Flung together�察�mad of mood�察�
Through the canon beats a sound�察 �Regular of interval�察 �Distant�察�
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drumming�察�muffled�察�dull�察 �Thunderously rhythmical�察�
Crafts slip by my startled soul Soul that cowers�察 �a thing apart
They are corpuscles of blood� �That's the throbbing of a heart� �God of
terrors��am I mad�拭 �Through my body�察�mine own soul�察�Shrunken to
an atom's size�察 �Voyages toward an unguessed goal� �
THE MOTHER
THE mother by the gallows´tree�察 �The gallows´tree�察�the gallows´tree�察�
��While the twitching body mocked the sun�� Lifted to Heaven her broken
heart And called for sympathy。
Then Mother Mary bent to her�察 �Bent from her place by God's left
side�察�And whispered�此 �Peacedo I not know�拭 �My son was crucified� ─�
;O Mother Mary�察─ �answered she�察 �You cannot�察�cannot enter in To
my soul's woeyou cannot know For your son wrought no sin� ─�
��And men whose work compelled them there�察 �Their hearts were
stricken dead�察�
They heard the rope creak on the beam�察 �I thought I heard the
frightened ghost Whimpering overhead。��
The mother by the gallows´tree�察 �The gallows´tree�察�the gallows´tree�察�
Lifted to Christ her broken heart And called in agony。
Then Lord Christ bent to her and said�此 �Be comforted�察 �be
comforted�察�I know your grief�察�the whole world's woe I bore upon my
head。;
;But O Lord Christ�察�you cannot know�察 �No one can know�察─�she said�察�
;no one; ��While the quivering corpse swayed in the wind�� ;Lord Christ�察�
no one can understand Who never had a son� ─�
IN THE BAYOU
LAZY and slow�察 �through the snags and trees Move the sluggish
currents�察 �half asleep�察 �Around and between the cypress knees�察 �Like
black�察�slow snakes the dark tides creep How deep is the bayou beneath
the trees�拭 �Knee´deep�察 �Knee´deep�察 �Knee´
deep�察 �Knee´deep� ─ �Croaks the big bullfrog
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of Reelfoot Lake From his hiding´place in the draggled brake。
What is the secret the slim reeds know That makes them to shake and
to shiver so�察�And the scared flags quiver from plume to foot�拭�The frogs
pipe solemnly�察 �deep and slow�此 �Look under the root� �
Look under the root� ─�
The hoarse frog croaks and the stark owl hoots Of a mystery moored
in the cypress roots。
Was it love turned hate�拭 �Was it friend turned foe�拭�Only the frogs and
the gray owl know�察 �For the white moon shrouded her face in a mist At
the spurt of a pistol�察�red and bright At the sound of a shriek that stabbed
the night And the little reeds were frightened and whist�察�But always
the eddies whimper and choke�察�And the frogs would tell if they could�察�for
they croak�此 �Deep�察 �deep� �Death´deep� �
Deep�察�deep� �Death´deep� ─�And the dark tide
slides and glisters and glides Snakelike over the secret it hides。
THE SAILOR'S WIFE SPEAKS
YE are dead�察�they say�察�but ye swore�察�ye swore�察 �Ye would come to
me back from the sea� �From out of the sea and the night�察�ye cried�察�Nor the
crawling weed nor the dragging tide Could hold ye fast from me�此�
Come�察�ah�察�come to me� �
Three spells I have laid on the rising sun And three on the waning
moon Are ye held in the bonds of the night or the day Ye must loosen
your bonds and away�察 �away� �Ye must come where I wait ye�察 �soon
Ah�察�soon� �soon� �soon� �
Three times I have cast my words to the wind�察�And thrice to the
climbing sea�察�If ye drift or dream with the clouds or foam Ye must drift
again home�察�ye must drift again home
Wraith�察�ye are free�察�ye are free�察 �Ghost�察�ye are free�察�ye are free� �
Are the coasts of death so fair�察 �so fair�拭 �But I wait ye here on the
shore� �It is I that ye hear in the calling wind I have stared through the
dark till my soul is blind� �O lover of mine�察�ye swore�察 �Lover of mine�察�
ye swore� �
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HUNTED
Oh�察�why do they hunt so hard�察�so hard�察�who have no need of food�拭�
Do they hunt for sport�察 �do they hunt for hate�察�do they hunt for the
lust of blood�拭�
。 。 。 。 。 。
If I were a god I would get me a spear�察�I would get me horse and
dog�察�And merrily�察�merrily I would ride through covert and brake and
bog�察�
With hound and horn and laughter loud�察�over the hills and away
For there is no sport like that of a god with a man that stands at bay� �
Ho� �but the morning is fresh and fair�察 �and oh� �but the sun is
bright�察�And yonder the quarry breaks from the brush and heads for
the hills in flight�察�
A minute's law for the harried thingthen follow him�察�follow him
fast�察�With the bellow of dogs and the beat of hoofs and the mellow
bugle's blast。
。 。 。 。 。 。
Hillo� �Halloo� �they have marked a man� �there is sport in the
world to´day And a clamor swells from the heart of the wood that
tells of a soul at bay� �
A DREAM CHILD
WHERE tides of tossed wistaria bloom Foam up in purple
turbulence�察�Where twining boughs have built a room And wing'd winds
pause to garner scents And scattered sunlight flecks the gloom�察 �She
broods in pensive indolence。
What is the thought that holds her thrall�察 �That dims her sight with
unshed tears�拭�What songs of sorrow droop and fall In broken music for
her ears�拭�What voices thrill her and recall The poignant joy of happier
years�拭�
She dreams 'tis not the winds which pass That whisper through the
shaken vine�察 �Whose footstep stirs the rustling grass None else that
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listened might divine�察�She sees her child that never was Look up with
longing in his eyne。
Unkissed�察 �his lifted forehead gains A grace not earthly�察 �but more
rare For since her heart but only feigns�察 �Wherefore should love not
feign him fair�拭�Put blood of roses in his veins�察 �Weave yellow sunshines
for his hair�拭�
All ghosts of little children dead That wander wistful�察�uncaressed�察�
Their seeking lips by love unfed�察 �She fain would cradle on her breast
For his sweet sake whose lonely head Has never known that tender rest。
And thus she sits�察 �and thus she broods�察�Where drifted blossoms
freak the grass�察�The winds that move across her moods Pulse with low
whispers as they pass�察�And in their eerier interludes She hears a voice
that never was。
ACROSS THE NIGHT
MUCH listening through the silences�察 �Much staring through the
night�察�And lo� �the dumb blind distances Are bridged with speech and
sight� �
Magician Thought�察 �informed of Love�察 �Hath fixed her on the air
Oh�察�Love and I laughed down the fates And clasped her�察�here as there� �
Across the eerie silences She came in headlong flight�察�She stormed
the serried distances�察 �She