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Sunshine and silence; and each to each; The lute and his singing their only 



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speech;   He   leans   above   her;   her eyes   unclose; The   humming…bird   enters 

another rose。 The minstrel hushes his silver strings。 Hark!            The beating of 

humming…birds'       wings!       Down      the  road   to  Avignon;        The    long; 

long road to Avignon;          Across the bridge to Avignon;            One morning 

in the spring。 



                               New York at Night 



    A near horizon whose sharp jags            Cut brutally into a sky Of   leaden 

heaviness;   and   crags   Of   houses   lift   their   masonry Ugly   and   foul;   and 

chimneys lie And snort; outlined against the gray             Of lowhung cloud。        I 

hear the sigh The goaded city gives; not day Nor night can ease her heart; 

her anguished labours stay。 

     Below; straight streets; monotonous;         From north and south; from east 

and west; Stretch glittering; and luminous          Above; one tower tops the rest 

And     holds  aloft  man's    constant   quest:  Time!    Joyless    emblem   of    the 

greed     Of   millions;  robber of the   best Which   earth   can give;  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; our wealth is having 

night    To burn our souls before altars Dim and tree…shadowed; where the 

light Is shed from a young moon; mysteriously bright。 

     Where art thou hiding; where thy peace?             This is the hour; but thou 

art   not。   Will   waking   tumult   never   cease? Hast   thou   thy   votary   forgot? 

Nature forsakes this man…begot And festering wilderness; and now                   The 

long still hours are here; no jot Of dear communing do I know; Instead the 

glaring; man…filled city groans below! 



                                    A Fairy Tale 



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     On winter nights beside the nursery fire We read the fairy tale; while 

glowing   coals   Builded   its   pictures。     There   before   our   eyes   We   saw   the 

vaulted hall of traceried stone Uprear itself; the distant ceiling hung With 

pendent stalactites like frozen vines; And all along the walls at intervals; 

Curled upwards into pillars; roses climbed; And ramped and were confined; 

and   clustered   leaves   Divided   where   there   peered   a   laughing   face。   The 

foliage seemed to rustle in the wind; A silent murmur; carved in still; 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; and quivering green; and blue; And in the shade beyond the 

further   door;   Its   sober   squares   of   black   and   white   were   hid   Beneath   a 

restless; shuffling; wide…eyed mob Of lackeys and retainers come to view 

The   Christening。 A  sudden   blare   of   trumpets;   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;     The   glorious;    unattainable 

delights! But always there was one unbidden guest Who cursed the child 

and left it bitterness。 

     The fire falls asunder; all is changed; I am no more a child; and what I 

see   Is   not   a   fairy   tale;   but   life;   my   life。   The   gifts   are   there;   the   many 

pleasant     things:   Health;    wealth;   long…settled     friendships;    with   a  name 

Which honors all who bear it; and the power Of making words obedient。 

This is much; But overshadowing all is still the curse; 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; With 

cruel impostures; which I trust awhile Then dash to pieces; as a careless 

boy Flings a kaleidoscope; which shattering Strews all the ground   about 

with   coloured   sherds。   So   I   behold   my   visions   on   the   ground   No   longer 

radiant; an ignoble heap Of broken; dusty glass。                And so; unlit; Even by 

hope   or   faith;   my   dragging   steps   Force   me   forever   through   the   passing 

days。 



                                         Crowned 



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     You came to me bearing bright roses;            Red like the wine of your heart; 

You   twisted   them   into   a   garland    To   set   me   aside   from   the   mart。   Red 

roses to crown me your lover;          And I walked aureoled and apart。 

     Enslaved and encircled; I bore it;         Proud token of my gift to you。 The 

petals waned paler; and shriveled;            And dropped; and the thorns started 

through。 Bitter thorns to proclaim me your lover;               A diadem woven with 

rue。 



                         To Elizabeth Ward Perkins 



     Dear Bessie;   would   my  tired   rhyme        Had   force to   rise from  apathy; 

And shaking off its lethargy Ring word…tones like a Christmas chime。 

     But in my soul's high belfry; chill        The bitter wind of doubt has blown; 

The summer swallows all have flown; The bells are frost…bound; mute and 

still。 

     Upon the crumbling boards the snow               Has drifted deep; the clappers 

hang     Prismed with icicles; their clang Unheard since ages long ago。 

     The rope I pull is stiff and cold;         My straining ears detect no sound 

Except a sigh; as round and round The wind rocks through the timbers old。 

     Below; I know the church is bright             With haloed tapers; warm  with 

prayer;     But here I only feel the air Of icy centuries of night。 

     Beneath my feet the snow is lit           And gemmed with colours; red; and 

blue;    Topaz; and green; where light falls through The saints that in the 

windows sit。 

     Here darkness seems a spectred thing;             Voiceless and haunting; while 

the   stars   Mock   with   a   light   of   long   dead   years   The   ache   of   present 

suffering。 

     Silent   and   winter…killed   I   stand;   No   carol   hymns   my   debt   to   you; 

But take this frozen thought in lieu; 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;   How   can   I   thank   thee   for   this   gift   of   art   Poured   out   so 

lavishly; and not in vain。 

     What thou created never more can die;              Thy fructifying power lives 

in me     And I conceive;  knowing it is by thee;  Dear other parent of   my 

poetry! 

     For   I   was   but   a   shadow   with   a   name; Perhaps   by   now   the   very 

name's forgot;      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;        By me unguessed; 

by thee not even dreamed;          A tree has blossomed in a night that seemed 

Of stubborn; barren wood。          For thou hast sown 

     This seed of beauty in a ground of truth。           Humbly I dedicate myself; 

and yet     I tremble with a sudden fear to set New music ringing through 

my f

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