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POEMS.
And harvests of wild seed-times fill,
And seed and fill again;
And blossoms bloom at blossoms' will,
By blossoms overlain;
And seed and fill again;
And blossoms bloom at blossoms' will,
By blossoms overlain;
And day and night, and night and day,
Uncounted suns and moons,
By silent shadows mark and stay
Unreckoned nights and noons:
Uncounted suns and moons,
By silent shadows mark and stay
Unreckoned nights and noons:
Ah, "no man's land," hast thou a lover,
Thy wild, sweet charm who sees?
The stars look down; the birds fly over;
Art thou alone with these?
Thy wild, sweet charm who sees?
The stars look down; the birds fly over;
Art thou alone with these?
Ah, "no man's land," when died thy lover,
Who left no trace to tell?
Thy secret we shall not discover;
The centuries keep it well!
Who left no trace to tell?
Thy secret we shall not discover;
The centuries keep it well!
JUST OUT OF SIGHT.
I.
N idle reverie, one winter's day,I watched the narrow vista of a street,
Where crowds of men with noisy, hurrying feet
And eager eyes went on their restless way.
Idly I noted where the boundary lay,
At which the distance did my vision cheat,
