Southern garland . grouped togetherForbore to wheel and scream. Salt-arms and river-reachesWere glazed and leaden-hued, And haunting sodden beachesWent grey-haired Solitude. The dead leaves in the forestSank earthward all aswoon. The green marsh-frogs that chorusedHad taen a sadder tune. Lost loves and sins long hidden,Through some unguarded gate, Entered the soul unbiddenAnd made men desolate. ^1)^ And fears beset the fearless, fiiddcn And laughs were stayed to sigh, CidC. And eyes long dry and tearless Grew^ moist, and none knew why. Gleamed red the covered emberBeneath its ashen grey. And s
Southern garland . grouped togetherForbore to wheel and scream. Salt-arms and river-reachesWere glazed and leaden-hued, And haunting sodden beachesWent grey-haired Solitude. The dead leaves in the forestSank earthward all aswoon. The green marsh-frogs that chorusedHad taen a sadder tune. Lost loves and sins long hidden,Through some unguarded gate, Entered the soul unbiddenAnd made men desolate. ^1)^ And fears beset the fearless, fiiddcn And laughs were stayed to sigh, CidC. And eyes long dry and tearless Grew^ moist, and none knew why. Gleamed red the covered emberBeneath its ashen grey. And some said, I remember,And some, T was such a day i And all were lonely-hearted,Sight inward-set and blurred, At touch or tone they startedAnd groped for fitting word. Down-cast in weeds went Nature,Stilling mans mirth and song; And mourning through every creatureA grave and ancient wrong . > . Light fades on hill and hollow jNight falls, and close behind Storm-rage and Sea-wrath followWith wild cries on the THE FISHER. Che 1)iddcn LL night a noise of leaping fish ClflC. Went round the bay,And up and down the shallo^v sandsSang waters at their play. The mangroves drooped on salty creeks, And through the dark,Making a pale patch in the deep. Gleamed, as it swam, a shark. In streaks and twists of sudden iire Among the reedsThe bream went by, and where they passed The bubbles shone like beads. All night the full deep drinking-song Of Nature nought beside, save leaping fish And some forlorn night-bird. No lost wind wandered down the hills To tell of wideWild w^aterw^ays; on velvet moved The silky, sucking tide. Deep down there sloped in shadowy mass A giant midway, mirrored in the tide. The stars burned large and still. The fisher, dreaming on the rocks, Heard Nature sayStrange, secret things that no one hears Upon the beaten way; ffcg And whisperings and wonder stirred, |^j(]j(D And hopes and fears, CidC. And sadness touched his heart, and filled His e
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