قراءة كتاب The Deserted City

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‏اللغة: English

The Deserted City

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المؤلف:

Sherman Francis

دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

الصفحة رقم: 7

class="line">The moon hath hid her face away, aghast,

And darkness keeps each corner of the town.

The garden hedges wear a heavy crown,

And the old poplars shriek, as night drifts past,

That, leagues on desolate leagues away, at last

One comes to know he too must surely drown.

And yet at noon, to-morrow, when I go

Out to the white, white edges of the plain,

I shall not grieve for this night's hurricane,

Seeing how, in a little hollow, sinks the snow

Around the southmost tree, where a lean crow

Sits noisily impatient for the rain.

A LAST WORD

And if it be I shall not sing again,

And thou have wonder at my silent ways,

I pray thee think my days not weary days,

Or that my heart is dumb for some new pain.

Seeing that words are nought, nor may remain,

Why should I strive with Time? Come blame, come praise,

I am but one of them his might betrays

At last, when all men learn that all was vain.

And yet one thing Time cannot wrest from me.

Therefore, cry out, yea, even to the throng

That pauseth not for echo of a song,

"O, your red gold is very fair. But he

Is glad as heaven to loiter and dream along

His Lady Beauty's path continually."

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DESERTED CITY ***

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