Page:Helen of Troy and Other Poems.djvu/86

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been validated.

CENTRAL PARK AT DUSK

BUILDINGS above the leafless trees
Loom high as castles in a dream,
While one by one the lamps come out
To thread the twilight with a gleam.


There is no sign of leaf or bud,
A hush is over everything—
Silent as women wait for love,
The world is waiting for the spring.

66