TIME AND ETERNITY
I mind me that of anguish sent,
Some drifts were moved away
Before my simple bosom broke,—
And why not this, if they?
Some drifts were moved away
Before my simple bosom broke,—
And why not this, if they?
And so, until delirious borne
I con that thing,—“forgiven”—
Till with long fright and longer trust
I drop my heart, unshriven!
I con that thing,—“forgiven”—
Till with long fright and longer trust
I drop my heart, unshriven!
LXXXI
AFTER a hundred years
Nobody knows the place,—
Agony, that enacted there,
Motionless as peace.
Nobody knows the place,—
Agony, that enacted there,
Motionless as peace.
Weeds triumphant ranged,
Strangers strolled and spelled
At the lone orthography
Of the elder dead.
Strangers strolled and spelled
At the lone orthography
Of the elder dead.
Winds of summer fields
Recollect the way,—
Instinct picking up the key
Dropped by memory.
Recollect the way,—
Instinct picking up the key
Dropped by memory.
LXXXII
LAY this laurel on the one
Too intrinsic for renown.
Laurel! veil your deathless tree,—
Him you chasten, that is he!
Too intrinsic for renown.
Laurel! veil your deathless tree,—
Him you chasten, that is he!
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