Southern garland . ow many unattended graves. The waves are all about us—we are one With the unstable waters and the of ever-varying threads bespun By Fate that never in a mood abides;We leave our fretful image here, or goWithout a fateful scion: better so ! We know the motion of a molten star, We weigh the rapture of the rushing wind. Unweave the light,—but know not what we are,Nor whose the fetters that intently bind: Why we do sorrow, joy, or smile, or weep, Scatter a little fragrance—then a sleep. If I were as a shell upon the beach, The virgin calyx of voluted flowers,The ut
Southern garland . ow many unattended graves. The waves are all about us—we are one With the unstable waters and the of ever-varying threads bespun By Fate that never in a mood abides;We leave our fretful image here, or goWithout a fateful scion: better so ! We know the motion of a molten star, We weigh the rapture of the rushing wind. Unweave the light,—but know not what we are,Nor whose the fetters that intently bind: Why we do sorrow, joy, or smile, or weep, Scatter a little fragrance—then a sleep. If I were as a shell upon the beach, The virgin calyx of voluted flowers,The utter magic of a song to teach Sorrow a solace in belated hours,I should be more than I can ever be :Beggared of doubt, nor wistful all to see. So be it, dearest! watch the great Sun die d)C In marvellous thunder, to our ears unknown, wCSt UllttQ Music of equal planets that do lie In the full plane of knowledge: we are thrown By a capricious hand, the wise, the fool. Like a poor stone thats flung into a pool! ^. RETROSPECTION F there were any of the sons of men Could win from Fate to hold their youthagain. Would any travel moreThe paths they trod before ? Would any vex those hyacinthine daysFor love of woman, or the manys praise;The vain delights that trendTo the abhorred end^ cAge, that discovers there is nothing worth ?God, when He flung this unessential earth,Spun it with bias givenTo sunder it from Heaven! ^^i TO A SEAGULL Ulcst lUind
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