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Sunshine and silence�察�and each to each�察�The lute and his singing their only
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speech�察 �He leans above her�察 �her eyes unclose�察�The humming´bird enters
another rose。 The minstrel hushes his silver strings。 Hark� �The beating of
humming´birds' wings� �Down the road to Avignon�察 �The long�察�
long road to Avignon�察 �Across the bridge to Avignon�察 �One morning
in the spring。
New York at Night
A near horizon whose sharp jags Cut brutally into a sky Of leaden
heaviness�察 �and crags Of houses lift their masonry Ugly and foul�察 �and
chimneys lie And snort�察�outlined against the gray Of lowhung cloud。 I
hear the sigh The goaded city gives�察�not day Nor night can ease her heart�察�
her anguished labours stay。
Below�察�straight streets�察�monotonous�察 �From north and south�察�from east
and west�察�Stretch glittering�察�and luminous Above�察�one tower tops the rest
And holds aloft man's constant quest�此 �Time� �Joyless emblem of the
greed Of millions�察 �robber of the best Which earth can give�察 �the vulgar
creed Has seared upon the night its flaming ruthless screed。
O Night� �Whose soothing presence brings The quiet shining of the
stars。 O Night� �Whose cloak of darkness clings So intimately close that
scars Are hid from our own eyes。 Beggars By day�察�our wealth is having
night To burn our souls before altars Dim and tree´shadowed�察�where the
light Is shed from a young moon�察�mysteriously bright。
Where art thou hiding�察�where thy peace�拭 �This is the hour�察�but thou
art not。 Will waking tumult never cease�拭�Hast thou thy votary forgot�拭�
Nature forsakes this man´begot And festering wilderness�察�and now The
long still hours are here�察�no jot Of dear communing do I know�察�Instead the
glaring�察�man´filled city groans below� �
A Fairy Tale
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On winter nights beside the nursery fire We read the fairy tale�察�while
glowing coals Builded its pictures。 There before our eyes We saw the
vaulted hall of traceried stone Uprear itself�察�the distant ceiling hung With
pendent stalactites like frozen vines�察�And all along the walls at intervals�察�
Curled upwards into pillars�察�roses climbed�察�And ramped and were confined�察�
and clustered leaves Divided where there peered a laughing face。 The
foliage seemed to rustle in the wind�察�A silent murmur�察�carved in still�察�gray
stone。 High pointed windows pierced the southern wall Whence proud
escutcheons flung prismatic fires To stain the tessellated marble floor With
pools of red�察�and quivering green�察�and blue�察�And in the shade beyond the
further door�察 �Its sober squares of black and white were hid Beneath a
restless�察�shuffling�察�wide´eyed mob Of lackeys and retainers come to view
The Christening。 A sudden blare of trumpets�察 �and the throng About the
entrance parted as the guests Filed singly in with rare and precious gifts。
Our eager fancies noted all they brought�察 �The glorious�察 �unattainable
delights� �But always there was one unbidden guest Who cursed the child
and left it bitterness。
The fire falls asunder�察�all is changed�察�I am no more a child�察�and what I
see Is not a fairy tale�察 �but life�察 �my life。 The gifts are there�察 �the many
pleasant things�此 �Health�察 �wealth�察 �long´settled friendships�察 �with a name
Which honors all who bear it�察�and the power Of making words obedient。
This is much�察�But overshadowing all is still the curse�察�That never shall I be
fulfilled by love� �Along the parching highroad of the world No other soul
shall bear mine company。 Always shall I be teased with semblances�察�With
cruel impostures�察�which I trust awhile Then dash to pieces�察�as a careless
boy Flings a kaleidoscope�察�which shattering Strews all the ground about
with coloured sherds。 So I behold my visions on the ground No longer
radiant�察�an ignoble heap Of broken�察�dusty glass。 And so�察�unlit�察�Even by
hope or faith�察 �my dragging steps Force me forever through the passing
days。
Crowned
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You came to me bearing bright roses�察 �Red like the wine of your heart�察�
You twisted them into a garland To set me aside from the mart。 Red
roses to crown me your lover�察 �And I walked aureoled and apart。
Enslaved and encircled�察�I bore it�察 �Proud token of my gift to you。 The
petals waned paler�察�and shriveled�察 �And dropped�察�and the thorns started
through。 Bitter thorns to proclaim me your lover�察 �A diadem woven with
rue。
To Elizabeth Ward Perkins
Dear Bessie�察 �would my tired rhyme Had force to rise from apathy�察�
And shaking off its lethargy Ring word´tones like a Christmas chime。
But in my soul's high belfry�察�chill The bitter wind of doubt has blown�察�
The summer swallows all have flown�察�The bells are frost´bound�察�mute and
still。
Upon the crumbling boards the snow Has drifted deep�察�the clappers
hang Prismed with icicles�察�their clang Unheard since ages long ago。
The rope I pull is stiff and cold�察 �My straining ears detect no sound
Except a sigh�察�as round and round The wind rocks through the timbers old。
Below�察�I know the church is bright With haloed tapers�察�warm with
prayer�察 �But here I only feel the air Of icy centuries of night。
Beneath my feet the snow is lit And gemmed with colours�察�red�察�and
blue�察 �Topaz�察�and green�察�where light falls through The saints that in the
windows sit。
Here darkness seems a spectred thing�察 �Voiceless and haunting�察�while
the stars Mock with a light of long dead years The ache of present
suffering。
Silent and winter´killed I stand�察 �No carol hymns my debt to you�察�
But take this frozen thought in lieu�察�And thaw its music in your hand。
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The Promise of the Morning Star
Thou father of the children of my brain By thee engendered in my
willing heart�察 �How can I thank thee for this gift of art Poured out so
lavishly�察�and not in vain。
What thou created never more can die�察 �Thy fructifying power lives
in me And I conceive�察 �knowing it is by thee�察 �Dear other parent of my
poetry� �
For I was but a shadow with a name�察�Perhaps by now the very
name's forgot�察 �So strange is Fate that it has been my lot To learn through
thee the presence of that aim
Which evermore must guide me。 All unknown�察 �By me unguessed�察�
by thee not even dreamed�察 �A tree has blossomed in a night that seemed
Of stubborn�察�barren wood。 For thou hast sown
This seed of beauty in a ground of truth。 Humbly I dedicate myself�察�
and yet I tremble with a sudden fear to set New music ringing through
my fading youth。
JK。 Huysmans
A flickering glimmer through a window´pane�察�A dim red glare through
mud bespattered glass�察 �Cleaving a path between blown walls of sleet
Across uneven pavements sunk in slime To scatter and then quench itself
in mist。 And struggling�察 �slipping�察�often rudely hurled Against the jutting
angle of a wall�察 �And cursed�察 �and reeled against�察 �and flung aside By
drunken brawlers as they shuffled past�察 �A man was groping to what
seemed a light。 His eyelids burnt and quivered with the strain Of looking�察�
and against his temples beat The all enshrouding�察 �suffocating dark。 He
stumbled�察�lurched�察�and struck against a door That opened�察�and a howl of
obscene mirth Grated his senses�察 �wallowing on the floor Lay men�察 �and
dogs and women in the dirt。 He sickened�察�loathing it�察�and as he gazed The
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candle guttered�察�flared�察�and then went out。
Through travail of ignoble midnight streets He came at last to shelter
in a porch Where gothic saints and warriors made a shield To cover him�察�
and tortured gargoyles spat One long continuous stream of silver rain That
clattered down from myriad roofs and spires Into a darkness�察 �loud with
rushing sound Of water falling�察�gurgling as it fell�察�But always thickly dark。
Then as he leaned Unconscious where�察�the great oak door blew back And
cast him�察 �bruised and dripping�察 �in the church。 His eyes from long
sojourning in the night Were blinded now as by some glorious sun�察 �He
slowly crawled toward the altar steps。 He could not think�察�for heavy in his
ears An organ boomed majestic harmonies�察 �He only knew that