A bar of song . the beads, each one by one, then look across the fields of ^NfayWhere, underneath the blessed sun. Life beckonswhere the love-lutes play. Ill I am but human, God must know how frail the novice soul can when temptations come and go, alas! what isthere left for meBut womans wish, by passion fired, concealed within a womans in the bright, sweet world of Love, my soulcould have its part! 63 m THE LAND OF SILENCE A child looked far across the Summer tinted plainTo where the mountains rest against the sky And lost their outline in a nameless stainOf blue, beyond the
A bar of song . the beads, each one by one, then look across the fields of ^NfayWhere, underneath the blessed sun. Life beckonswhere the love-lutes play. Ill I am but human, God must know how frail the novice soul can when temptations come and go, alas! what isthere left for meBut womans wish, by passion fired, concealed within a womans in the bright, sweet world of Love, my soulcould have its part! 63 m THE LAND OF SILENCE A child looked far across the Summer tinted plainTo where the mountains rest against the sky And lost their outline in a nameless stainOf blue, beyond the reach of human eye;And, Avondering, asked what fabled lands must lieAcross their tops. But ther-e was no reply: The childish query passed along in vain. Before you lieth evermore the mystic land Of life and dreams, of death, of Love and magic quest of souls unceasing beyond the pale of human might;And yet they bring the eager soul no light: The mystery of these man must not understand. 64. THE PATH A lonely stretch of pathway leading byA meadow brook, and then l)eyond a hill,Unto a spot, where pines are tall and still,Like sentinels beneath the autumn sky; A pathway meaningless to travelerWho walks its golden sands without a thrTo me this path all roadways glorify,Because it leads unto the home of her. 65 SHEBAI As in Arabias gardens I>looms of richer colors growBecause the passionVI kisses of tlie sun caress them so:As the tropic nights are darker, and the days are long and brighterSo the maiden lips are redder and their cheeks witli blnshes glow. II Thus to Shebas matchless beauty all the East and South had pai<lTouch of tan and richer color, and about her eyes was laidAll the witchery of smiling, all the art of maids beguiling,That entangled kingly fancy and a kingly Avisdom swayed. Ill And so, through ages olden, Shebas fame shall live and last;All the Avomen of the nations at her feet their worship cast;She, their wisdom, hers, their glory—th
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