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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  

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