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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 

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