T III YOUTH AND LOVE-II O the heart of youth the world is a highwayside Passing for ever, he fares; and on either hand, Deep in the gardens golden pavilions hide, Nestle in orchard bloom, and far on the level land Call him with lighted lamp in the eventide. Thick as the stars at night when the moon is down, Pleasures assail him. He to his nobler fate Fares; and but waves a hand as he passes on, Cries but a wayside word to her at the garden gate, Sings but a boyish stave and his face is gone. No more the morning glow, no more the grace, Cold beats the light of time upon your face He came, he went. Perchance you wept a while And then forgot. Ah me! but he that left you with a smile Forgets you not. V THE UNFORGOTTEN -|| HE rested by the Broken Brook SH She drank of Weary Well, She moved beyond my lingering look, Ah, whither none can tell! She came, she went. In other lands, Perchance in fairer skies, Her hands shall cling with other hands, Her eyes to other eyes. She vanished. In the sounding town, Will she recall the eyes of brown THE HE infinite shining heavens Rose and I saw in the night Uncountable angel stars Showering sorrow and light. I saw them distant as heaven, Dumb and shining and dead, And the idle stars of the night Were dearer to me than bread. Night after night in my sorrow Till lo! I looked in the dusk And a star had come down to me. PLAIN VII MADRIGAL LAIN as the glistering planets shine When winds have cleaned the skies, Her love appeared, appealed for mine And wantoned in her eyes. Clear as the shining tapers burned Those brimming, lustrous beauties turned, The beacon-lamp that Hero lit No plainlier summoned will and wit, I thrilled to feel her influence near, I ran as, at the cannon's roar, The troops the ramparts man As in the holy house of yore |