The coming night retire,
And all the good I ever did
Shall feed your altar fire;
The hour shall stand and sing your praise,
The minute shall adore you,
And my ten thousand unborn days
I'll sacrifice before you._

_Gods of great joy, and little grief,
See--I will wear as token
A pear leaf and a cherry leaf
Until this pledge be broken_....

Between a pear and a cherry tree
A cold hand touched my shoulder--
_Ah, my false gods have forsaken me,
I am a minute older_.




THANKS TO MY WORLD FOR THE LOAN OF A FAIR DAY


That day you wrought for me
Shone, and was ended.
Perfect your thought for me,
Whom you befriended.
Such joy was new to me--
New, and most splendid,