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     Life�    �Austere   arbiter   of   each   man's   fate�察  �By  whom   he   learns   that 

Nature's   steadfast   laws      Are   as   decrees   immutable�察  �O   pause Your   even 

forward   march�       �Not   yet   too   late Teach   me   the   needed lesson�察  �when   to 

wait    Inactive   as   a   ship   when   no   wind   draws    To   stretch   the   loosened 

cordage。      One     implores    Thy    clemency�察    �whose    wilfulness    innate    Has 

gone uncurbed and roughshod while the years                       Have lengthened into 

decades�察  �now   distressed   He   knows   no   rule   by   which   to   move   or   stay�察�

And   teased   with   restlessness   and   desperate   fears   He   dares   not   watch   in 

silence     thy  wise    way           Bringing      about   results   none    could    have 

guessed。 



                                         The Poet 



     What instinct forces man to journey on�察            �Urged by a longing blind but 

dominant�       �Nothing he sees can hold him�察�nothing daunt His never failing 

eagerness。      The     sun   Setting   in  splendour     every    night   has   won     His 

vassalage�察�those towers flamboyant             Of airy cloudland palaces now haunt 

His    daylight    wanderings。       Forever     done    With    simple    joys  and    quiet 

happiness      He   guards   the   vision   of   the   sunset   sky�察  �Though   faint   with 

weariness   he   must   possess      Some   fragment   of   the   sunset's   majesty�察  �He 

spurns life's human friendships to profess              Life's loneliness of dreaming 

ecstasy。 



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                                         At Night 



     The wind is singing through the trees to´night�察             �A deep´voiced song 

of rushing cadences        And crashing intervals。         No summer breeze Is this�察�

though   hot   July   is   at   its   height�察  �Gone   is   her   gentler   music�察  �with   delight 

She     listens  to   this  booming      like  the   seas�察   �These     elemental�察    �loud 

necessities   Which   call   to   her   to   answer   their   swift   might。  Above   the 

tossing trees shines down a star�察        �Quietly bright�察�this wild�察�tumultuous joy 

Quickens nor dims its splendour。            And my mind�察        �O Star� �is filled with 

your   white   light�察  �from   far�察 �So   suffer   me   this   one   night   to   enjoy   The 

freedom of the onward sweeping wind。 



                             The Fruit Garden Path 



     The path runs straight between the flowering rows�察               �A moonlit path�察�

hemmed in   by beds of bloom�察           �Where phlox   and marigolds   dispute   for 

room  With   tall�察  �red   dahlias   and   the   briar   rose。   'T   is   reckless   prodigality 

which throws        Into the night these wafts of rich perfume            Which sweep 

across the garden like a plume。 Over the trees a single bright star glows。 

Dear   garden   of   my   childhood�察  �here   my   years   Have   run   away   like   little 

grains   of   sand�察  �The   moments   of   my   life�察  �its   hopes   and   fears   Have   all 

found utterance here�察�where now I stand�察             �My eyes ache with the weight 

of unshed tears�察�You are my home�察�do you not understand�拭�



                                          Mirage 



     How is it that�察�being gone�察�you fill my days�察           �And all the long nights 

are   made   glad    by   thee�拭  �No   loneliness   is   this�察  �nor   misery�察 �But   great 



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content that these should be the ways Whereby the Fancy�察�dreaming as she 

strays�察   �Makes bright and present what she would would be。                    And who 

shall say if the reality Is not with dreams so pregnant。              For delays      And 

hindrances may bar the wished´for end�察�A thousand misconceptions may 

prevent     Our souls from coming near enough to blend�察�Let me but think 

we have the same intent�察        �That each one needs to call the other�察 �friend� ─�

It may be vain illusion。       I'm content。 



                                      To a Friend 



     I   ask   but one   thing   of   you�察  �only  one�察�That   always   you   will   be   my 

dream   of   you�察    �That   never   shall   I   wake   to   find   untrue All   this   I   have 

believed and rested on�察�Forever vanished�察�like a vision gone                Out into the 

night。    Alas�察  �how   few      There   are   who   strike   in   us   a   chord   we   knew 

Existed�察  �but   so   seldom  heard   its   tone  We   tremble   at   the   half´forgotten 

sound。  The   world   is   full   of   rude   awakenings    And   heaven´born   castles 

shattered to the ground�察�Yet still our human longing vainly clings                   To a 

belief   in   beauty   through   all   wrongs。   O   stay   your   hand�察  �and   leave   my 

heart its songs� �



                                     A Fixed Idea 



     What torture lurks within a single thought When grown too constant�察�

and however kind�察�However welcome still�察�the weary mind Aches with its 

presence。       Dull     remembrance        taught    Remembers        on    unceasingly�察�

unsought The  old delight is   with   us   but to   find That   all   recurring   joy  is 

pain refined�察�Become a habit�察�and we struggle�察�caught。 You lie upon my 

heart as on a nest�察�Folded in peace�察�for you can never know How crushed I 

am with having you at rest Heavy upon my life。                 I love you so You bind 

my freedom from its rightful quest。 In mercy lift your drooping wings and 

go。 



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                                         Dreams 



     I do not care to talk to you although          Your speech evokes a thousand 

sympathies�察      �And   all   my   being's   silent   harmonies   Wake   trembling   into 

music。     When      you   go   It  is  as  if  some  sudden�察   �dreadful    blow    Had 

severed all the strings with savage ease。          No�察�do not talk�察�but let us rather 

seize   This   intimate   gift   of   silence   which   we   know。  Others   may   guess 

your   thoughts   from   what   you   say�察  �As   storms   are   guessed   from   clouds 

where darkness broods。          To me the very essence of the day Reveals its 

inner    purpose     and   its  moods�察     �As    poplars    feel  the   rain  and    then 

straightway Reverse their leaves and shimmer through the woods。 



                           Frankincense and Myrrh 



     My heart is tuned to sorrow�察�and the strings             Vibrate most readily to 

minor chords�察      �Searching and sad�察�my mind is stuffed with words Which 

voice   the   passion   and    the   ache  of   things�此 �Illusions   beating   with  their 

baffled   wings     Against   the   walls   of   circumstance�察  �and   hoards    Of   torn 

desires�察  �broken   joys�察  �records   Of   all   a   bruised   life's   maimed   imaginings。 

Now you are come�          �You tremble like a star Poised where�察�behind earth's 

rim�察�the sun has set。          Your voice has sung across my heart�察�but numb 

And   mute�察  �I   have   no   tones   to   answer。 Far   Within   I   kneel   before   you�察�

speechless yet�察        �And life ablaze with beauty�察�I am dumb。 



                              From One Who Stays 



     How empty seems the town now you are gone�                   �A wilderness of sad 

streets�察  �where   gaunt   walls    Hide   nothing   to   desire�察  �sunshine   falls   Eery�察�



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distorted�察  �as   it   long   had   shone   On   white�察  �dead   faces   tombed   in   halls   of 

stone。    The whir of motors�察�stricken through with calls              Of playing boys�察�

floats up at intervals�察�But all these noises blur to one long moan。                 What 

quest    is  worth   pursuing�拭     �And     how   strange    That   other   men    still  go 

accustomed       ways�        �I  hate   their  interest   in  the  things   they   do。   A 

spectre´horde repeating without change An old routine。                Alone I know the 

days        Are still´born�察�and the world stopped�察�lacking you。 



                              Crepuscule du Matin 



     All night I wrestled with a memory             Which knocked insurgent at the 

gates of thought。       The crumbled wreck of years behind has wrought Its 

disillusion�察�now I only cry For peace�察�for power to forget the lie                 Which 

hope too long has whispered。           So I sought       The sleep which would not 

come�察�and night was fraught With old emotions weeping silently。 I heard 

your voice again�察�and knew the things             Which you had promised proved 

an   empty   vaunt。   I   felt   your   clinging   hands   while   night's   broad   wings 

Cherished   our   love   in   darkness。    From   the   lawn     A  sudden�察  �quivering 

birdnote�察�like a taunt。 My arms held nothing but the empty dawn。 



                                       Aftermath 



     I learnt to write to you in happier days�察        �And every letter was a piece I 

chipped      From off my heart�察�a fragment newly clipped From the mosaic 

of life�察�its blues and grays�察�Its throbbing reds�察�I gave to earn your praise。 

To   make   a   pavement   for   your   feet   I   stripped My  soul   for   you   to   walk 

upon�察�and slipped Beneath your steps to soften all your ways。                   But now 

my   letters   are   like   blossoms   pale   We   strew   upon   a   grave   with   hope

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