Leaving the restless crowsd awhile,
As ships find shelter from the sea.
The ancient centuries came back
To cover us a moment’s space,
And through the dome the light was glad
Because it shone upon your face.
Ah, not from Rome but farther still
Beyond sun-smitten Salamis,
The moment took us, till you learned
To find the present with a kiss.
Soul’s distress and body’s pain,I would bear you while I may.I would love you if I might,For so soon my life will beBuried in a lasting night,Even pain denied to me.
He rose on eastern islandsFor Grecian girls and men;The twilight is as clear a blue,The star as shaken and as bright,And the same thought he gave to themHe gives to me to-night.
We watched the world go home that nightIn a flood through Union Square.I leaned to catch the words he saidThat were light as a snowflake falling;Ah well that he never leaned to hearThe words my heart was calling.And on we walked and on we walkedPast the fiery lights of the picture shows —Where the girls…
And yet I want them all so muchI think they might, don’t you?I want a little kitty-catThat’s soft and tame and sweet,And every day I watch and hopeI’ll find one in the street.But nursie says, ‘Come, walk along,‘Don’t stand and stare like that’ —I’m only looking hard and hardTo try to find my cat.And then…
Dust need not keep the secretA live heart died to keep.When April tells the thrushes,The meadow-larks will know,And pipe the three words lightlyTo all the winds that blow.Above his roof the swallows,In notes like far-blown rain,Will tell the little sparrowBeside his window-pane.O sparrow, little sparrow,When I am fast asleep,Then tell my love the secretThat I…
A single star looked outFrom the cold evening glow.There was no other creatureThat saw what I could see–I stood and watched the evening starAs long as it watched me.
