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With locks of gold�察�and eyes that shamed the light��
I prayed that God might have her in His care
And sight。
Earth's love was false�察�her voice�察�a siren's song��
��Sweet mother´earth was but a lying name��
The path she showed was but the path of wrong
And shame。
;Cast her not out� ─�I cry。 God's kind words come
;Her future is with Me�察�as was her past��
It shall be My good will to bring her home
At last。;
Penance
My lover died a century ago��
Her dear heart stricken by my sland'rous breath��
Wherefore the Gods forbade that I should know
The peace of death。
Men pass my grave�察�and say�察 �'Twere well to sleep��
Like such an one�察�amid the uncaring dead� �
How should they know the vigils that I keep��
The tears I shed��
Upon the grave�察�I count with lifeless breath��
Each night�察�each year�察�the flowers that bloom and die��
Deeming the leaves�察�that fall to dreamless death��
More blest than I。
'Twas just last year I heard two lovers pass
So near�察�I caught the tender words he said��
To´night the rain´drenched breezes sway the grass
Above his head。
That night full envious of his life was I��
That youth and love should stand at his behest��
To´night�察�I envy him�察�that he should lie
At utter rest。
Slumber Songs
I
Sleep�察�little eyes
That brim with childish tears amid thy play��
Be comforted� �No grief of night can weigh
Against the joys that throng thy coming day。
Sleep�察�little heart��
There is no place in Slumberland for tears��
Life soon enough will bring its chilling fears
And sorrows that will dim the after years。
Sleep�察�little heart��
II
Ah�察�little eyes
Dead blossoms of a springtime long ago��
That life's storm crushed and left to lie below
The benediction of the falling snow��
Sleep�察�little heart
That ceased so long ago its frantic beat��
The years that come and go with silent feet
Have naught to tell save this that rest is sweet。
Dear little heart。
The Oldest Drama
;It fell on a day�察�that he went out to his father to the reapers。
And he said unto his father�察�My head�察�my head。 And he said to a lad��
Carry him to his mother。 And 。 。 。 he sat on her knees till noon��
and then died。 And she went up�察�and laid him on the bed。 。 。 。
And shut the door upon him and went out。;
Immortal story that no mother's heart
Ev'n yet can read�察�nor feel the biting pain
That rent her soul� �Immortal not by art
Which makes a long past sorrow sting again
Like grief of yesterday�此 �but since it said
In simplest word the truth which all may see��
Where any mother sobs above her dead
And plays anew the silent tragedy。
Recompense
I saw two sowers in Life's field at morn��
To whom came one in angel guise and said��
;Is it for labour that a man is born��
Lo�此 �I am Ease。 Come ye and eat my bread� �
Then gladly one forsook his task undone
And with the Tempter went his slothful way��
The other toiled until the setting sun
With stealing shadows blurred the dusty day。
Ere harvest time�察�upon earth's peaceful breast
Each laid him down among the unreaping dead。
;Labour hath other recompense than rest��
Else were the toiler like the fool�察─�I said��
;God meteth him not less�察�but rather more
Because he sowed and others reaped his store。;
Mine Host
There stands a hostel by a travelled way��
Life is the road and Death the worthy host��
Each guest he greets�察�nor ever lacks to say��
;How have ye fared�拭─ �They answer him�察�the most��
;This lodging place is other than we sought��
We had intended farther�察�but the gloom
Came on apace�察�and found us ere we thought��
Yet will we lodge。 Thou hast abundant room。;
Within sit haggard men that speak no word��
No fire gleams their cheerful welcome shed��
No voice of fellowship or strife is heard
But silence of a multitude of dead。
;Naught can I offer ye�察─�quoth Death�察 �but rest� �
And to his chamber leads each tired guest。
Equality
I saw a King�察�who spent his life to weave
Into a nation all his great heart thought��
Unsatisfied until he should achieve
The grand ideal that his manhood sought��
Yet as he saw the end within his reach��
Death took the sceptre from his failing hand��
And all men said�察 �He gave his life to teach
The task of honour to a sordid land� �
Within his gates I saw�察�through all those years��
One at his humble toil with cheery face��
Whom ��being dead�� the children�察�half in tears��
Remembered oft�察�and missed him from his place。
If he be greater that his people blessed
Than he the children loved�察�God knoweth best。
Anarchy
I saw a city filled with lust and shame��
Where men�察�like wolves�察�slunk through the grim half´light��
And sudden�察�in the midst of it�察�there came
One who spoke boldly for the cause of Right。
And speaking�察�fell before that brutish race
Like some poor wren that shrieking eagles tear��
While brute Dishonour�察�with her bloodless face
Stood by and smote his lips that moved in prayer。
;Speak not of God� �In centuries that word
Hath not been uttered� �Our own king are we。;
And God stretched forth his finger as He heard
And o'er it cast a thousand leagues of sea。
Disarmament
One spake amid the nations�察 �Let us cease
From darkening with strife the fair World's light��
We who are great in war be great in peace。
No longer let us plead the cause by might。;
But from a million British graves took birth
A silent voice the million spake as one
;If ye have righted all the wrongs of earth
Lay by the sword� �Its work and ours is done。;
The Dead Master
Amid earth's vagrant noises�察�he caught the note sublime��
To´day around him surges from the silences of Time
A flood of nobler music�察�like a river deep and broad��
Fit song for heroes gathered in the banquet´hall of God。
The Harvest of the Sea
The earth grows white with harvest�察�all day long
The sickles gleam�察�until the darkness weaves
Her web of silence o'er the thankful song
Of reapers bringing home the golden sheaves。
The wave tops whiten on the sea fields drear��
And men go forth at haggard dawn to reap��
But ever 'mid the gleaners' song we hear
The half´hushed sobbing of the hearts that weep。
The Dying of Pere Pierre
;。 。 。 with two other priests�察�the same night he died��
and was buried by the shores of the lake that bears his name。;
Chronicle。
;Nay�察�grieve not that ye can no honour give
To these poor bones that presently must be
But carrion�察�since I have sought to live
Upon God's earth�察�as He hath guided me��
I shall not lack� �Where would ye have me lie��
High heaven is higher than cathedral nave��
Do men paint chancels fairer than the sky�拭�
Beside the darkened lake they made his grave��
Below the altar of the hills�察�and night
Swung incense clouds of mist in creeping lines
That twisted through the tree´trunks�察�where the light
Groped through the arches of the silent pines��
And he�察�beside the lonely path he trod��
Lay�察�tombed in splendour�察�in the House of God。
Eventide
The day is past and the toilers cease��
The land grows dim 'mid the shadows grey��
And hearts are glad�察�for the dark brings peace
At the close of day。
Each weary toiler�察�with lingering pace��
As he homeward turns�察�with the long day done��
Looks out to the west�察�with the light on his face
Of the setting sun。
Yet some see not ��with their sin´dimmed eyes��
The promise of rest in the fading light��
But the clouds loom dark in the angry skies
At the fall of night。
And some see only a golden sky
Where the elms their welcoming arms stretch wide
To the calling rooks�察�as they homeward fly
At the eventide。
It speaks of peace that comes after strife��
Of the rest He sends to the hearts He tried��
Of the calm that follows the stormiest life
God's eventide。
Upon Watts' Picture ;Sic Transit;
;What I spent I had�察�what I saved�察�I lost�察�what I gave�察�I have。;
But yesterday the tourney�察�all the eager joy of life��
The waving of the banners�察�and the rattle of the spears��
The clash of sword and harness�察�and the madness of the strife��
To´night begin the silence and the peace of endless years。
��One sings within。��
But yesterday the glory and the prize��
And best of all�察�to lay it at her feet��
To find my guerdon in her speaking eyes��
I grudge them not�察 �they pass�察�albeit sweet。
The ring of spears�察�the winning of the fight��
The careless song�察�the cup�察�the love of friends��
The earth in spring to live�察�to feel the light
'Twas good the while it lasted�此 �here it ends。
Remain the well´wrought deed in honour done��
The dole for Christ's dear sake�察�the words that fall
In kindliness upon some outcast one�察�
They seemed so little�此 �now they are my All。
A Song of Comfort
;Sleep�察�weary ones�察�while ye may
Sleep�察�oh�察�sleep� �
Eugene Field。
Thro' May time blossoms�察�with whisper low��
The soft wind sang to the dead below��
;Think not with regret on the Springtime's song
And the task ye left while your hands were strong。
The song would have ceased when the Spring was past��
And the task that was joyous be weary at last。;
To the winter sky when the nights were long
The tree´tops tossed with a ceaseless song��
;Do ye think with regret on the sunny days
And the path ye left�察�with its untrod ways��
The sun might sink in a storm cloud's frown
And the path grow rough when the night came down。;
In the grey twilight of the autumn eves��
It sighed as it sang through the dying leaves��
;Ye think with regret that the world was bright��
That your path was short and your task was light��
The path�察�though short�察�was perhaps the best
And the toil was sweet�察�that it led to rest。;
The Pilgrims
An uphill path�察�sun´gleams between the showers��
Where every beam that broke the leaden sky
Lit other hills with fairer ways than ours��
Some clustered graves where half our memories lie��
And one grim Shadow creeping ever nigh��
And this was Life。
Wherein we did another's burden seek��
The tired feet we helped upon the road��
The hand we gave the weary and the weak��
The miles we lightened one another's load��
When�察�faint to falling�察�onward yet we strode��
This too was Life。
Till�察�at the upland�察�as we turned to go
Amid fair meadows�察�dusky in the night��
The mists fell back upon the road below��
Broke on our tired eyes the western light��
The very graves were for a moment bright��
And this was Death。
The Shadow of the Cross
At the drowsy dusk when the shadows creep
From the golden west�察�where the sunbeams sleep��
An angel mused�此 �Is there good or ill
In the mad world's heart�察�since on Calvary's hill
'Round the cross a mid´day twilight fell
That darkened earth and o'ershadowed hell�拭�
Through the streets of a city the angel sped��
Like an open scroll men's hearts he read。
In a monarch's ear his courtiers lied
And humble faces hid hearts