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And the deepest place but reached its chin。

The water gurgled with tender glee

And the mud churned up in it turbidly。



The star grew pale and hid her face

In a bit of floating cloud like lace。









DOCTORS



EVERY night I lie awake

   And every day I lie abed

And hear the doctors�察�Pain and Death��

   Conferring at my head。



They speak in scientific tones��

   Professional and low

One argues for a speedy cure��

   The other�察�sure and slow。



To one so humble as myself

   It should be matter for some pride

To have such noted fellows here��

   Conferring at my side。







。

THE INN OF EARTH



I CAME to the crowded Inn of Earth��

   And called for a cup of wine��

But the Host went by with averted eye

   From a thirst as keen as mine。



Then I sat down with weariness

   And asked a bit of bread��

But the Host went by with averted eye

   And never a word he said。



While always from the outer night

   The waiting souls came in

With stifled cries of sharp surprise

   At all the light and din。



;Then give me a bed to sleep�察─�I said��

   ;For midnight comes apace;

But the Host went by with averted eye

And I never saw his face。









RIVERS TO THE SEA



;Since there is neither food nor rest��

   I go where I fared before;

But the Host went by with averted eye

   And barred the outer door。









IN THE CARPENTER'S SHOP



MARY sat in the corner dreaming��

   Dim was the room and low��

While in the dusk�察�the saw went screaming

         To and fro。



Jesus and Joseph toiled together��

   Mary was watching them��

Thinking of kings in the wintry weather

         At Bethlehem。



Mary sat in the corner thinking��

   Jesus had grown a man��

One by one her hopes were sinking

         As the years ran。



Jesus and Joseph toiled together��

   Mary's thoughts were far

Angels sang in the wintry weather

         Under a star。









RIVERS TO THE SEA



Mary sat in the corner weeping��

   Bitter and hot her tears

Little faith were the angels keeping

         All the years。









THE CARPENTER'S SON



THE summer dawn came over´soon��

The earth was like hot iron at noon

         In Nazareth��

There fell no rain to ease the heat��

And dusk drew on with tired feet

         And stifled breath。



The shop was low and hot and square��

And fresh´cut wood made sharp the air��

         While all day long

The saw went tearing thru the oak

That moaned as tho' the tree's heart broke

         Beneath its wrong。



The narrow street was full of cries��

Of bickering and snarling lies

         In many keys









RIVERS TO THE SEA



The tongues of Egypt and of Rome

And lands beyond the shifting foam

         Of windy seas。



Sometimes a ruler riding fast

Scattered the dark crowds as he passed��

         And drove them close

In doorways�察�drawing broken breath

Lest they be trampled to their death

         Where the dust rose。



There in the gathering night and noise

A group of Galilean boys

         Crowding to see

Gray Joseph toiling with his son��

Saw Jesus�察�when the task was done��

         Turn wearily。



He passed them by with hurried tread

Silently�察�nor raised his head��

         He who looked up











RIVERS TO THE SEA



Drinking all beauty from his birth

Out of the heaven and the earth

         As from a cup。



And Mary�察�who was growing old��

Knew that the pottage would be cold

         When he returned��

He hungered only for the night��

And westward�察�bending sharp and bright��

         The thin moon burned。



He reached the open western gate

Where whining halt and leper wait��

         And came at last

To the blue desert�察�where the deep

Great seas of twilight lay asleep��

         Windless and vast。



With shining eyes the stars awoke��

The dew lay heavy on his cloak��

         The world was dim��









RIVERS TO THE SEA



And in the stillness he could hear

His secret thoughts draw very near

         And call to him。



Faint voices lifted shrill with pain

And multitudinous as rain��

         From all the lands

And all the villages thereof

Men crying for the gift of love

         With outstretched hands。



Voices that called with ceaseless crying��

The broken and the blind�察�the dying��

         And those grown dumb

Beneath oppression�察�and he heard

Upon their lips a single word��

         ;Come� �



Their cries engulfed him like the night��

The moon put out her placid light

         And black and low









RIVERS TO THE SEA



Nearer the heavy thunder drew��

Hushing the voices 。 。 。 yet he knew

         That he would go。

   *   *   *   *   *   *

A quick´spun thread of lightning burns��

And for a flash the day returns

         He only hears

Joseph�察�an old man bent and white

Toiling alone from morn till night

         Thru all the years。



Swift clouds make all the heavens blind��

A storm is running on the wind

         He only sees

How Mary will stretch out her hands

Sobbing�察�who never understands

         Voices like these。









THE MOTHER OF A POET



SHE is too kind�察�I think�察�for mortal things��

Too gentle for the gusty ways of earth��

God gave to her a shy and silver mirth��

And made her soul as clear

And softly singing as an orchard spring's

In sheltered hollows all the sunny year

A spring that thru the leaning grass looks up

And holds all heaven in its clarid cup��

Mirror to holy meadows high and blue

With stars like drops of dew。



I love to think that never tears at night

Have made her eyes less bright��

That all her girlhood thru

Never a cry of love made over´tense

Her voice's innocence��

That in her hands have lain��

Flowers beaten by the rain��









RIVERS TO THE SEA



And little birds before they learned to sing

Drowned in the sudden ecstasy of spring。



I love to think that with a wistful wonder

She held her baby warm against her breast��

That never any fear awoke whereunder

She shuddered at her gift�察�or trembled lest

Thru the great doors of birth

Here to a windy earth

She lured from heaven a half´unwilling guest。



She caught and kept his first vague flickering smile��

The faint upleaping of his spirit's fire��

And for a long sweet while

In her was all he asked of earth or heaven

But in the end how far��

Past every shaken star��

Should leap at last that arrow´like desire��

His full´grown manhood's keen

Ardor toward the unseen

Dark mystery beyond the Pleiads seven。









RIVERS TO THE SEA



And in her heart she heard

His first dim´spoken word

She only of them all could understand��

Flushing to feel at last

The silence over´past��

Thrilling as tho' her hand had touched God's hand。

But in the end how many words

Winged on a flight she could not follow��

Farther than skyward lark or swallow��

His lips should free to lands she never knew��

Braver than white sea´faring birds

With a fearless melody��

Flying over a shining sea��

A star´white song between the blue and blue。



Oh I have seen a lake as clear and fair

As it were molten air��

Lifting a lily upward to the sun。

How should the water know the glowing heart

That ever to the heaven lifts its fire��









RIVERS TO THE SEA



A golden and unchangeable desire��

The water only knows

The faint and rosy glows

Of under´petals�察�opening apart。

Yet in the soul of earth��

Deep in the primal ground��

Its searching roots are wound��

And centuries have struggled toward its birth。

So�察�in the man who sings��

All of the voiceless horde

From the cold dawn of things

Have their reward��

All in whose pulses ran

Blood that is his at last��

From the first stooping man

Far in the winnowed past。

Out of the tumult of their love and mating

Each one created�察�seeing life was good

Dumb�察�till at last the song that they were waiting

Breaks like brave April thru a wintry wood。









RIVERS TO TOE SEA



But what of her whose heart is troubled by it��

The mother who would soothe and set him free��

Fearing the song's storm´shaken ecstasy

Oh�察�as the moon that has no power to quiet

The strong wind´driven sea。







。



IN MEMORIAM F。 O。 S。



You go a long and lovely journey��

   For all the stars�察�like burning dew��

Are luminous and luring footprints

   Of souls adventurous as you。



Oh�察�if you lived on earth elated��

   How is it now that you can run

Free of the weight of flesh and faring

   Far past the birthplace of the sun��









TWILIGHT



THE stately tragedy of dusk

   Drew to its perfect close��

The virginal white evening star

   Sank�察�and the red moon rose。









SWALLOW FLIGHT



I LOVE my hour of wind and light��

   I love men's faces and their eyes��

I love my spirit's veering flight

   Like swallows under evening skies��









THOUGHTS



WHEN I can make my thoughts come forth

   To walk like ladies up and down��

Each one puts on before the glass

   Her most becoming hat and gown。



But oh�察�the shy and eager thoughts

   That hide and will not get them dressed��

Why is it that they always seem

   So much more lovely than the rest��









TO DICK�察�ON HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY



Tho' I am very old and wise��

   And you are neither wise nor old��

When I look far into your eyes��

   I know things I was never told��

I know how flame must strain and fret

Prisoned in a mortal net��

How joy with over´eager wings��

Bruises the small heart where he sings��

How too much life�察�like too much gold��

Is sometimes very hard to hold。 。 。 。

All that is talkingI know

This much is true�察�six years ago

An angel living near the moon

Walked thru the sky an
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