ALAS
One moment take thy rest.
Out of mere nought in space
Beauty moved human breast
To tell in this far face
A dream in noonday seen,
Never to fade or pass:
A breath-time’s mute delight:
A joy in flight:
The aught desire doth mean,
Sighing, Alas!
CRAZED
I know a pool where nightshade preens
Her poisonous fruitage in the moon;
Where the frail aspen her shadow leans
In midnight cold a-swoon.
I know a meadow flat with gold—
A million million burning flowers
In noon-sun’s thirst their buds unfold
Beneath his blazing showers.
I saw a crazed face, did I,
Stare from the lattice of a mill,
While the lank sails clacked idly by
High on the windy hill.
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