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again��
We have stood on the shore of the plain where the Waters of Destiny boom。

A mart of destruction we made at Jalula where men were afraid��
For death was a difficult trade�察�and the sword was a broker of doom��
And the Spear was a Desert Physician who cured not a few of ambition��
And drave not a few to perdition with medicine bitter and strong��
And the shield was a grief to the fool and as bright as a  desolate pool��
And as straight as the rock of Stamboul when their cavalry thundered
along��
For the coward was drowned with the brave when our battle sheered up like
a wave��
And the dead to the desert we gave�察�and the glory to God in our song。



JOSEPH AND MARY



JOSEPH

Mary�察�art thou the little maid
   Who plucked me flowers in Spring��
I know thee not�此 �I feel afraid��
   Thou'rt strange this evening。

A sweet and rustic girl I won
   What time the woods were green��
No woman with deep eyes that shone��
   And the pale brows of a Queen。

MARY ��inattentive to his words。��

A stranger came with feet of flame
   And told me this strange thing�察 �
For all I was a village maid
   My son should be a King。

JOSEPH

A King�察�dear wife。  Who ever knew
   Of Kings in stables born��

MARY

Do you hear�察�in the dark and starlit blue
   The clarion and the horn��

JOSEPH

Mary�察�alas�察�lest grief and joy
   Have sent thy wits astray��
But let me look on this my boy��
   And take the wraps away。

MARY

Behold the lad。

JOSEPH

   I dare not gaze��
Light streams from every limb。

MARY

The winter sun has stored his rays��
   And passed the fire to him。

Look Eastward�察�look�  �I hear a sound。
   O Joseph�察�what do you see��

JOSEPH

The snow lies quiet on the ground
   And glistens on the tree��

The sky is bright with a star's great light��
   And clearly I behold
Three Kings descending yonder hill��
   Whose crowns are crowns of gold。

O Mary�察�what do you hear and see
   With your brow toward the West��

MARY

The snow lies glistening on the tree
   And silent on Earth's breast��

And strong and tall�察�with lifted eyes
   Seven shepherds walk this way��
And angels breaking from the skies
   Dance�察�and sing hymns�察�and pray。

JOSEPH


I wonder much at these bright Kings��
   The shepherds I despise。

MARY

You know not what a shepherd sings��
   Nor see his shining eyes。



NO COWARD'S SONG



I am afraid to think about my death��
When it shall be�察�and whether in great pain
I shall rise up and fight the air for breath
Or calmly wait the bursting of my brain。

I am no coward who could seek in fear
A folklore solace or sweet Indian tales��
I know dead men are deaf and cannot hear
The singing of a thousand nightingales。

I know dead men are blind and cannot see
The friend that shuts in horror their big eyes��
And they are witlessO I'd rather be
A living mouse than dead as a man dies。



A WESTERN VOYAGE



My friend the Sunlike all my friends
   Inconstant�察�lovely�察�far away ´
Is out�察�and bright�察�and condescends
   To glory in our holiday。

A furious march with him I'll go
   And race him in the Western train��
And wake the hills of long ago
   And swim the Devon sea again。

I have done foolishly to head
   The footway of the false moonbeams��
To light my lamp and call the dead
   And read their long black printed dreams。

I have done foolishly to dwell
   With Fear upon her desert isle��
To take my shadowgraph to Hell��
   And then to hope the shades would smile。

And since the light must fail me soon
   ��But faster�察�faster�察�Western train�。�
Proud meadows of the afternoon��
   I have remembered you again。

And I'll go seek through moor and dale
   A flower that wastrel winds caress��
The bud is red and the leaves pale��
   The name of it Forgetfulness。

Then like the old and happy hills
   With frozen veins and fires outrun��
I'll wait the day when darkness kills
   My brother and good friend�察�the Sun。



FOUNTAINS



Soft is the collied night�察�and cool
The wind about the garden pool。
Here will I dip my burning hand
And move an inch of drowsy sand��
And pray the dark reflected skies
To fasten with their seal mine eyes。
A million million leagues away
Among the stars the goldfish play��
And high above the shadowed stars
Wave and float the nenuphars。



THE WELSH SEA


Far out across Carnarvon bay��
   Beneath the evening waves��
The ancient dead begin their day
   And stream among the graves。

Listen�察�for they of ghostly speech��
   Who died when Christ was born��
May dance upon the golden beach
   That once was golden corn。

And you may learn of Dyfed's reign��
   And dream Nemedian tales
Of Kings who sailed in ships from Spain
   And lent their swords to Wales。

Listen�察�for like a golden snake
   The Ocean twists and stirs��
And whispers how the dead men wake
   And call across the years。



OXFORD CANAL



When you have wearied of the valiant spires of this County Town��
Of its wide white streets and glistening museums�察�and black monastic
walls��
Of its red motors and lumbering trains�察�and self´sufficient people��
I will take you walking with me to a place you have not seen ´
Half town and half countrythe land of the Canal。
It is dearer to me than the antique town�此 �I love it more than the
rounded hills��
Straightest�察�sublimest of rivers is the long Canal。
I have observed great storms and trembled�此 �I have wept for fear of the
dark。
But nothing makes me so afraid as the clear water of this idle canal on a
summer s noon。
Do you see the great telegraph poles down in the water�察�how every wire is
distinct��
If a body fell into the canal it would rest entangled in those wires for
ever�察�between earth and air。
For the water is as deep as the stars are high。
One day I was thinking how if a man fell from that lofty pole
He would rush through the water toward me till his image was scattered by
his splash��
When suddenly a train rushed by�此 �the brazen dome of the engine flashed��
the long white carriages roared��
The sun veiled himself for a moment�察�and the signals loomed in fog��
A savage woman screamed at me from a barge�此 �little children began to
cry��
The untidy landscape rose to life�此 �a sawmill started��
A cart rattled down to the wharf�察�and workmen clanged over the iron
footbridge��
A beautiful old man nodded from the first story window of a square red
house��
And a pretty girl came out to hang up clothes in a small delightful
garden。
O strange motion in the suburb of a county town�此 �slow regular movement
of the dance of death��
Men and not phantoms are these that move in light。
   Forgotten they live�察�and forgotten die。



HIALMAR SPEAKS TO THE RAVEN
from Leconte de Lisle



Night on the bloodstained snow�此 �the wind is chill��
And there a thousand tombless warriors lie��
Grasping their swords�察�wild´featured。  All are still。
Above them the black ravens wheel and cry。

A brilliant moon sends her cold light abroad��
Hialmar arises from the reddened slain��
Heavily leaning on his broken sword��
And bleeding from his side the battle´rain。

;Hail to you all�此 �is there one breath still drawn
Among those fierce and fearless lads who played
So merrily�察�and sang as sweet in the dawn
As thrushes singing in the bramble shade��

;They have no word to say�此 �my helm's unbound��
My breastplate by the axe unriveted��
Blood's on my eyes�察�I hear a spreading sound��
Like waves or wolves that clamour in my head。

;Eater of men�察�old raven�察�come this way��
And with thine iron bill open my breast��
To´morrow find us where we lie to´day��
And bear my heart to her that I love best。

;Through Upsala�察�where drink the Jarls and sing��
And clash their golden bowls in company��
Bird of the moor�察�carry on tireless wing
To Ylmer's daughter there the heart of me。

;And thou shalt see her standing straight and pale��
High pedestalled on some rook´haunted tower��
She has two earrings�察�silver and vermeil��
And eyes like stars that shine in sunset hour。

;Tell her my love�察�thou dark bird ominous��
Give her my heart�察�no bloodless heart and vile
But red compact and strong�察�O raven。  Thus
Shall Ylmer's daughter greet thee with a smile。

;Now let my life from twenty deep wounds flow��
And wolves may drink the blood。  My time is done。
Young�察�brave and spotless�察�I rejoice to go
And sit where all the Gods are�察�in the sun。;



THE BALLAD OF THE STUDENT IN THE SOUTH



It was no sooner than this morn
   That first I found you there��
Deep in a field of southern corn
   As golden as your hair。

I had read books you had not read��
   Yet I was put to shame
To hear the simple words you said��
   And see your eyes aflame。

Shall I forget when prying dawn
   Sends me about my way��
The careless stars�察�the quiet lawn��
   And you with whom I lay��

Your's is the beauty of the moon��
   The wisdom of the sea��
Since first you tasted�察�sweet and soon��
   Of God's forbidden tree。

Darling�察�a scholar's fancies sink
   So faint beneath your song��
And you are right�察�why should we think��
   We who are young and strong��

For we are simple�察�you and I��
   We do what others do��
Linger and toil and laugh and die
   And love the whole night through。



THE QUEEN'S SONG



Had I the power
   To Midas given of old
To touch a flower
   And leave the petals gold
I then might touch thy face��
   Delightful boy��
And leave a metal grace��
   A graven joy。

Thus would I slay�察 �
   Ah�察�desperate device��
The vital day
   That trembles in thine eyes��
And let the red lips close
   Which sang so well��
And drive away the rose
   To leave a shell。

Then I myself��
   Rising austere and dumb
On the hight shelf
   Of my half´lighted room��
Would place the shining bust
   And wait alone��
Until I was but dust��
   Buried unknown。

Thus in my love
   For nations yet unborn��
I would remove
   From our two lives the morn��
And muse on loveliness
   In mine armchair��
Content should Time confess
   How sweet you were。



LORD ARNALDOS
Quien hubiese tal ventura��



The strangest of adventures��
That happen by the sea��
Befell to Lord Arnaldos
On the Evening of St。 John��
For he was out a hunting ´
A huntsman bold was he�  �
When he beheld a little ship
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