And Ammon's heavy temple stands.

I saw the rocks where long ago,
Above the sea that cries and breaks,

Bright Perseus with Medusa's snakes
Set free the maiden white like snow.

And many skies have covered me,
And many winds have blown me forth,

And I have loved the green bright north,
And I have loved the cold sweet sea.

But what to me are north and south,
And what the lure of many lands,

Since you have leaned to catch my hands
And lay a kiss upon my mouth.

I Would Live in Your Love
I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,

Borne up by each wave as it passes, drawn down by each wave that recedes;
I would empty my soul of the dreams that have gathered in me,

I would beat with your heart as it beats, I would follow your soul
as it leads.

May
The wind is tossing the lilacs,

The new leaves laugh in the sun,
And the petals fall on the orchard wall,

But for me the spring is done.
Beneath the apple blossoms

I go a wintry way,
For love that smiled in April

Is false to me in May.
Rispetto

Was that his step that sounded on the stair?
Was that his knock I heard upon the door?

I grow so tired I almost cease to care,
And yet I would that he might come once more.

It was the wind I heard, that mocks at me,
The bitter wind that is more cruel than he;

It was the wind that knocked upon the door,
But he will never knock nor enter more.

Less than the Cloud to the Wind
Less than the cloud to the wind,

Less than the foam to the sea,
Less than the rose to the storm

Am I to thee.
More than the star to the night,

More than the rain to the lea,
More than heaven to earth

Art thou to me.
Buried Love

I shall bury my weary Love
Beneath a tree,

In the forest tall and black
Where none can see.

I shall put no flowers at his head,
Nor stone at his feet,

For the mouth I loved so much
Was bittersweet.

I shall go no more to his grave,
For the woods are cold.

I shall gather as much of joy
As my hands can hold.

I shall stay all day in the sun
Where the wide winds blow,

But oh, I shall weep at night
When none will know.

Song
O woe is me, my heart is sad,

For I should never know
If Love came by like any lad,

Without his silver bow.
Or if he left his arrows sharp

And came a minstrel weary,
I'd never tell him by his harp

Nor know him for my dearie.
"O go your ways and have no fear,

For tho' Love passes by,
He'll come a hundred times, my dear,

Before your turn to die."
Pierrot

Pierrot stands in the garden
Beneath a waning moon,

And on his lute he fashions
A little silver tune.

Pierrot plays in the garden,
He thinks he plays for me,

But I am quite forgotten
Under the cherry tree.

Pierrot plays in the garden,
And all the roses know

That Pierrot loves his music,
But I love Pierrot.

At Night
Love said, "Wake still and think of me,"

Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day,"
But Dreams came by and smilingly

Gave both to Love and Sleep their way.
Song

When Love comes singing to his heart
That would not wake for me,

I think that I shall know his joy
By my own ecstasy.

And tho' the sea were all between,
The time their hands shall meet,

My heart will know his happiness,
So wildly it will beat.

And when he bends above her mouth,
Rejoicing for his sake,

My soul will sing a little song,
But oh, my heart will break.

Love in Autumn
I sought among the drifting leaves,

The golden leaves that once were green,
To see if Love were hiding there

And peeping out between.
For thro' the silver showers of May

And thro' the summer's heavy heat,
In vain I sought his golden head

And light, fast-flying feet.
Perhaps when all the world is bare

And cruel winter holds the land,
The Love that finds no place to hide

Will run and catch my hand.
I shall not care to have him then,

I shall be bitter and a-cold --
It grows too late for frolicking

When all the world is old.
Then little hiding Love, come forth,

Come forth before the autumn goes,
And let us seek thro' ruined paths

The garden's last red rose.
The Kiss

I hoped that he would love me,
And he has kissed my mouth,

But I am like a stricken bird
That cannot reach the south.

For tho' I know he loves me,
To-night my heart is sad;

His kiss was not so wonderful
As all the dreams I had.

November
The world is tired, the year is old,

The little leaves are glad to die,
The wind goes shivering with cold

Among the rushes dry.
Our love is dying like the grass,

And we who kissed grow coldly kind,
Half glad to see our poor love pass

Like leaves along the wind.
A Song of the Princess

The princess has her lovers,
A score of knights has she,

And each can sing a madrigal,
And praise her gracefully.

But Love that is so bitter
Hath put within her heart

A longing for the scornful knight
Who silent stands apart.

And tho' the others praise and plead,
She maketh no reply,

Yet for a single word from him,
I ween that she would die.

The Wind
A wind is blowing over my soul,

I hear it cry the whole night thro' --
Is there no peace for me on earth

Except with you?
Alas, the wind has made me wise,

Over my naked soul it blew, --
There is no peace for me on earth

Even with you.
A Winter Night

My window-pane is starred with frost,
The world is bitter cold to-night,

The moon is cruel and the wind
Is like a two-edged sword to smite.

God pity all the homeless ones,
The beggars pacing to and fro.

God pity all the poor to-night
Who walk the lamp-lit streets of snow.

My room is like a bit of June,
Warm and close-curtained fold on fold,

But somewhere, like a homeless child,
My heart is crying in the cold.

The Metropolitan Tower
We walked together in the dusk

To watch the tower grow dimly white,
And saw it lift against the sky

Its flower of amber light.
You talked of half a hundred things,

I kept each little word you said;
And when at last the hour was full,

I saw the light turn red.
You did not know the time had come,

You did not see the sudden flower,
Nor know that in my heart Love's birth

Was reckoned from that hour.
Gramercy Park

For W. P.
The little park was filled with peace,

The walks were carpeted with snow,
But every iron gate was locked.

Lest if we entered, peace would go.
We circled it a dozen times,

• temple [´tempəl] n.庙宇；寺院；太阳穴 (初中英语单词)
• maiden [´meidn] n.少女 a.未婚的 (初中英语单词)
• orchard [´ɔ:tʃəd] n.果园 (初中英语单词)
• coldly [´kəuldli] ad.冷淡地 (初中英语单词)
• princess [,prin´ses] n.公主；王妃；亲王夫人 (初中英语单词)
• minstrel [´minstrəl] n.吟游诗人；音乐家 (高中英语单词)
• cherry [´tʃeri] n.樱桃(树) (高中英语单词)
• stricken [´strikən] strike的过去分词 (高中英语单词)
• longing [´lɔŋiŋ] n.&a.渴望(的) (高中英语单词)
• metropolitan [,metrə´pɔlitən] a.大城市的 n.大城市人 (英语四级单词)
• wintry [´wintri] a.冬天的；荒凉的 (英语六级单词)
• scornful [´skɔ:nful] a.轻蔑的，藐视的 (英语六级单词)
• homeless [´həumlis] a.无家的 (英语六级单词)