The Mocking-bird
The Empty Quatrain
Inscriptions for a Friend's House
The Statue of Sherman by St. Gaudens
The Sun-dial at Wells College






ODES



MUSIC


I

PRELUDE

Daughter of Psyche, pledge of that last night
When, pierced with pain and bitter-sweet delight,
She knew her Love and saw her Lord depart,
Then breathed her wonder and her woe forlorn
Into a single cry, and thou wast born?
Thou flower of rapture and thou fruit of grief;
Invisible enchantress of the heart;
Mistress of charms that bring relief