It has a magic of might
To make all that was splendid and wrong
Sordid and right.



POEM: PHILOSOPHY



The sulky sage scarce condescends to see
This pretty world of sun and grass and leaves;
To him 'tis all illusion--only he
Is real amid the visions he perceives.

No sage am I, and yet, by Love's decree,
To me the world's a masque of shadows too,
And I a shadow also--since to me
The only real thing in life is--you.



POEM: THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME



Before your feet,
My love, my sweet,
Behold! your slave bows down;
And in his hands