. Herbs and apples .. . For beautys face that is so veiled, to knowHow exquisite the earth breaths come and go. To feel my life a silent, empty room Where lovely thoughts might take new shapeand bloom,— This is the dream that is more dear than sleep. 32 BENEATH THE MASK I SAID that men were cowards,I thought that men were brave, I said that women gained no faithFor all the love they gave. Beneath a mask of scorning I wore a heart of laughed in all my lovers eyes And vowed their vows were dust. Time showed my words were true thoughts have proved no test, But still beneath my m
. Herbs and apples .. . For beautys face that is so veiled, to knowHow exquisite the earth breaths come and go. To feel my life a silent, empty room Where lovely thoughts might take new shapeand bloom,— This is the dream that is more dear than sleep. 32 BENEATH THE MASK I SAID that men were cowards,I thought that men were brave, I said that women gained no faithFor all the love they gave. Beneath a mask of scorning I wore a heart of laughed in all my lovers eyes And vowed their vows were dust. Time showed my words were true thoughts have proved no test, But still beneath my mask, I sayI know my dreams were best. 33 THOTH Hewn from basalt, black as sin, Blind eyes staring, hands on knees,- This is Thoth, who shall surviveAll your fair divinities. Mars and Venus, piping Pan,White Diana, Cupid sweet,— All their beauty, all their pride,Lie like ashes round his feet. Vast and calm and ultimateEre this orb dissolves in space Lifes last glimpse to man shall beThoth, with his impassive face. 34.
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