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TIME AND ETERNITY
Far as the east from even,
Dim as the border star,—
Courtiers quaint, in kingdoms,
Our departed are.
Dim as the border star,—
Courtiers quaint, in kingdoms,
Our departed are.
LXXIV
WHAT inn is this
Where for the night
Peculiar traveller comes?
Who is the landlord?
Where the maids?
Behold, what curious rooms!
No ruddy fires on the hearth,
No brimming tankards flow.
Necromancer, landlord,
Who are these below?
Where for the night
Peculiar traveller comes?
Who is the landlord?
Where the maids?
Behold, what curious rooms!
No ruddy fires on the hearth,
No brimming tankards flow.
Necromancer, landlord,
Who are these below?
LXXV
IT was not death, for I stood up,
And all the dead lie down;
It was not night, for all the bells
Put out their tongues, for noon.
And all the dead lie down;
It was not night, for all the bells
Put out their tongues, for noon.
It was not frost, for on my flesh
I felt siroccos crawl,—
Nor fire, for just my marble feet
Could keep a chancel cool.
I felt siroccos crawl,—
Nor fire, for just my marble feet
Could keep a chancel cool.
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